Hydraulic limitation not declining nitrogen availability causes the age-related photosynthetic decline in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.)

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1756-1766

  Drake, J E ^a   Raetz, L M ^a   Davis, S C ^a   Delucia, E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

A:ci; Granier; Hydraulic limitation hypothesis; Sap flow

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; WATER;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAF AREA INDEX; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAP FLOW; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

ARTICLE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LOBLOLLY PINE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS TAEDA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WATER;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 77956433470     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02180.x     Document Type: Article

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