Intra-annual patterns of tracheid size in the mediterranean tree Juniperus thurifera as an indicator of seasonal water stress

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1280-1294

  Desoto, Lucía ^a   de La Cruz, Marcelino ^b   Fonti, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL FEATURES; CAVITATION FAILURES; CELL SIZE; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC INFORMATIONS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; MEDITERRANEAN TREES; SEASONAL CHANGES; SITE-SPECIFIC; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

DROUGHT; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT);

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ANATOMY; ANNUAL VARIATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONIFEROUS TREE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHRUB; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS; XYLEM;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS THURIFERA;

EID: 79958248043     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-045     Document Type: Article

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