Fast response of Scots pine to improved water availability reflected in tree-ring width and δ 13C

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1351-1360

  Eilmann, Britta ^a   Buchmann, Nina ^b   Siegwolf, Rolf ^c   Saurer, Matthias ^c   Rigling, Paolo Cherubini ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Forest decline; Pinning; Seasonal 13C variation; Stable carbon isotopes; Storage depletion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DROUGHT STRESS; IRRIGATION; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; TREE RING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CARBON; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SCOTS PINE; SEASON; TREE;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SEASONS; TREES; WATER;

EID: 77957744188     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02153.x     Document Type: Article

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