Competition and drought limit the response of water-use efficiency to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide in the Mediterranean fir Abies pinsapo

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 611-624

  Linares, Juan Carlos ^a   Delgado Huertas, Antonio ^b   Camarero, J Julio ^c   Merino, José ^a   Carreira, José A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abies pinsapo; Carbon isotope discrimination; Drought; Global change; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRESH WATER;

BASAL AREA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT; GAS EXCHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RELICT SPECIES; STAND STRUCTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ABIES; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPAIN;

ABIES; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; FRESH WATER; SPAIN;

ABIES; ABIES PINSAPO; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 70349275213     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1409-7     Document Type: Article

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