Effects of environmental conditions on onset of xylem growth in Pinus sylvestris under drought

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 483-493

  Swidrak, Irene ^a   Gruber, Andreas ^a   Kofler, Werner ^a   Oberhuber, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

dry inner Alpine valley; heat sum; phenology; Scots pine; wood formation; xylogenesis

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DORMANCY; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THRESHOLD; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT STEM; SCOTS PINE; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; WOOD; XYLEM;

AUSTRIA; DROUGHTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHOTOPERIOD; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT STEMS; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WOOD; XYLEM;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79958204049     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr034     Document Type: Article

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