Long-term increases in intrinsic water-use efficiency do not lead to increased stem growth in a tropical monsoon forest in western Thailand

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1049-1063

  Nock, Charles A ^a   Baker, Patrick J ^b   Wanek, Wolfgang ^c   Leis, Albrecht ^d   Grabner, Michael ^a   Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh ^e   Hietz, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Carbon isotopes; Intrinsic water use efficiency; Oxygen isotopes; Stable isotopes; Temperature; Topical monsoon forest; Tree growth; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBON ISOTOPE; GLOBAL WARMING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE; TREE RING; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

THAILAND;

CHUKRASIA TABULARIS; CILIOPHORA; MELIA AZEDARACH; TOONA CILIATA;

EID: 78650770545     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02222.x     Document Type: Article

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