Capacity of old trees to respond to environmental change

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1355-1364

  Phillips, Nathan G ^a,b   Buckley, Thomas N ^c,d,e   Tissue, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Hydraulic limitation; Old growth; Stomata; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STOMATA; TREE; TREE RING;

CLIMATE; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; REVIEW; TIME; TREE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 55049102311     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2008.00746.x     Document Type: Review

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