How does drought tolerance compare between two improved hybrids of balsam poplar and an unimproved native species?

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 240-249

  Larchevêque, Marie ^a   Maurel, Marion ^a   Desrochers, Annie ^a   Larocque, Guy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

anisohydric; growth; hydraulic conductance; leaf water potential; photosynthesis; productivity; stomatal conductance; transpiration; water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH RATE; HYBRID; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LINEARITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; THRESHOLD; TOLERANCE; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIOMASS; CHIMERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STOMA; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHIMERA; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POPULUS; SOIL; WATER;

POPULUS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA;

EID: 79955458456     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr011     Document Type: Article

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