Evidence of changing intrinsic water-use efficiency under rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations in Boreal Fennoscandia from subfossil leaves and tree ring δ13C ratios

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1064-1072

  Gagen, Mary ^a   Finsinger, Walter ^b,c   Wagner Cremer, Friederike ^b   Mccarroll, Danny ^a   Loader, Neil J ^a   Robertson, Iain ^a   Jalkanen, Risto ^d   Young, Giles ^a   Kirchhefer, Andreas ^e  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Fennoscandia; Intrinsic water use efficiency; Physiological forcing; Stomatal conductance; Stomatal density

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE RING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

FENNOSCANDIA;

BETULA NANA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 78650767635     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02273.x     Document Type: Article

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