Studying global change through investigation of the plastic responses of xylem anatomy in tree rings

New Phytologist

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-53

  Fonti, Patrick ^a   Von Arx, Georg ^b   García González, Ignacio ^c   Eilmann, Britta ^a   Sass Klaassen, Ute ^d   Gärtner, Holger ^a   Eckstein, Dieter ^e  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell chronologies; Dendrochronology; Efficiency versus safety trade off; Tree ring anatomy; Wood anatomy; Xylem hydraulic responses

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANATOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GLOBAL CHANGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TRADE-OFF; TREE RING; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 71249132852     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03030.x     Document Type: Article

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