Xylem hydraulic adjustment and growth response of Quercus canariensis Willd. to climatic variability

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 401-413

  Gea Izquierdo, G ^a,b   Fonti, P ^a   Cherubini, P ^a   Martin Benito D ^b,c   Chaar, H ^d   Canellas I ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

conductivity; dendroecology; global warming; Mediterranean; tree rings; vessels

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

ACCLIMATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RESPIRATION; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; WATER STRESS; XYLEM;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CLIMATE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OAK; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; WOOD; XYLEM;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; CARBON; CELL RESPIRATION; CLIMATE; GENOTYPE; GLOBAL WARMING; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; QUERCUS; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WOOD; XYLEM;

QUERCUS CANARIENSIS;

EID: 84860463875     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps026     Document Type: Article

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