Seasonal carbon storage and growth in Mediterranean tree seedlings under different water conditions

Tree Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1105-1116

  Sanz Pérez, Virginia ^a   Castro Díez, Pilar ^b   Joffre, Richard ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass; Drought; Lipids; Pinus halepensis; Quercus faginea; Quercus ilex; Soluble sugars; Starch

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COEXISTENCE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIPID; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEEDLING; STARCH; STOMATA; SUGAR; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

BALLOTA; ILEX; PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS FAGINEA; QUERCUS ILEX;

CARBON; STARCH; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OAK; PINE; SEASON; SEEDLING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PINUS; QUERCUS; SEASONS; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARCH; WATER;

EID: 73349110985     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpp045     Document Type: Article

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