Effects of height on treetop transpiration and stomatal conductance in coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1260-1272

  Ambrose, Anthony R ^a   Sillett, Stephen C ^b   Koch, George W ^c   Van Pelt, Robert ^b   Antoine, Marie E ^b   Dawson, Todd E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; hydraulic limitation; sapflow; tree water use; water potential

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; GAS EXCHANGE; GRAVITY; GROWING SEASON; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LEAF AREA; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SAP FLOW; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; SEQUOIA; TREE; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

ALTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEQUOIA; TREES; WOOD;

SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 77958087152     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq064     Document Type: Article

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