Water stress, shoot growth and storage of non-structural carbohydrates along a tree height gradient in a tall conifer

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1920-1930

  Woodruff, David R ^a   Meinzer, Frederick C ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Drought; Growth limitation; Phloem transport; Photosynthesis; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Water potential

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRELATION; DROUGHT STRESS; MOBILIZATION; OSMOSIS; PHLOEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SAMPLING; SHOOT GROWTH;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DEHYDRATION; DOUGLAS FIR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMIDITY; METABOLISM; PLANT; SEASON; SOIL; TREE;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DEHYDRATION; HUMIDITY; PLANT SHOOTS; PSEUDOTSUGA; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 80053643157     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02388.x     Document Type: Article

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