Increase in water-use efficiency and underlying processes in pine forests across a precipitation gradient in the dry Mediterranean region over the past 30 years

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 573-585

  Maseyk, Kadmiel ^a,c   Hemming, Debbie ^a,d   Angert, Alon ^a,e   Leavitt, Steven W ^b   Yakir, Dan ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aleppo pine; CO 2 fertilization; Dryland productivity; Isotope dendrology; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN;

ADAPTATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARID REGION; BASAL AREA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAS EXCHANGE; HOMEOSTASIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE RING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WOOD;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISRAEL; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; SEASON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; ISRAEL; PINUS; RAIN; SEASONS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 80052678718     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2010-4     Document Type: Article

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