Summer drought impedes beech seedling performance more in a sub-Mediterranean forest understory than in small gaps

Tree Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-259

  Robson, T Matthew ^a   Rodrguez Calcerrada, Jess ^b   Snchez Gmez, David ^a,b   Aranda, Ismael ^a,b  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

13C; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Climate change; Fagus sylvatica; Functional traits; PV curves; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MIXED FOREST; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; UNDERSTORY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BEECH; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; SEASON; SEEDLING; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHTS; FAGUS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT STOMATA; SEASONS; SEEDLING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES; WATER;

EID: 64349111297     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpn023     Document Type: Article

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