Change in hydraulic traits of Mediterranean Quercus ilex subjected to long-term throughfall exclusion

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1026-1036

  Limousin, Jean Marc ^a   Longepierre, Damien ^a   Huc, Roland ^b   Rambal, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

Author keywords

drought; embolism; hydraulic conductivity; Quercus ilex; throughfall exclusion; vulnerability; xylem anatomy

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANATOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIAMETER; EVERGREEN TREE; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; THROUGHFALL; VULNERABILITY; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WOOD;

CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; WATER; WOOD;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 77955081439     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq062     Document Type: Article

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