Leaf CO2 efflux is attenuated by acclimation of respiration to heat and drought in a Mediterranean tree

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 983-995

  Rodríguez Calcerrada, Jesús ^a   Jaeger, Carsten ^b   Limousin, Jean M ^c   Ourcival, Jean M ^a   Joffre, Richard ^a   Rambal, Serge ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic factor; Canopy depth; Carbon; Drought acclimation; Mediterranean habitat; Nonstructural carbohydrates; Thermal acclimation; Throughfall exclusion

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BIOTIC FACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; THROUGHFALL; TIMESCALE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 80053130661     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01862.x     Document Type: Article

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