Stand structure modulates the long-term vulnerability of Pinus halepensis to climatic drought in a semiarid Mediterranean ecosystem

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1026-1039

  Moreno Gutiérrez, Cristina ^a,d   Battipaglia, Giovanna ^b,c,d   Cherubini, Paolo ^d   Saurer, Matthias ^e   Nicolás, Emilio ^a   Contreras, Sergio ^a   Querejeta, José Ignacio ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

13C; 18O; Climate change; Competition; Plant climate interactions; Stomatal conductance; Tree ring; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OXYGEN; RAIN; WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEMIARID REGION; STAND STRUCTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE RING; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WOODLAND;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TREE;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PINUS; RAIN; SPAIN; TREES; WATER;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 84860240340     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02469.x     Document Type: Article

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