Carbon reserves and canopy defoliation determine the recovery of Scots pine 4yr after a drought episode

New Phytologist

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 750-759

  Galiano, L ^a   Martinez Vilalta J ^a   Lloret, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canopy defoliation; Carbon reserves; Drought; Growth; Mistletoe (Viscum album); Recovery; Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris); Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON;

CARBON; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; NITROGEN; OVERSTORY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; REGENERATION; SCOTS PINE;

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; DROUGHTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; REGENERATION;

SPAIN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 79954943781     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03628.x     Document Type: Article

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