Drought responses of flood-tolerant trees in Amazonian floodplains

Annals of Botany

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-139

  Parolin, Pia ^a   Lucas, Christine ^b   Piedade, Maria Teresa F ^c   Wittmann, Florian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Drought responses; Floodplain forests; Tree ecology; Va rzea

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORTALITY; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESPIRATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WATER LEVEL;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; SEASON; TREE; WETLAND;

DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES; WETLANDS;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 73149085103     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp258     Document Type: Review

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