Phenological and water-use patterns underlying maximum growing season length at the highest elevations: Implications under climate change

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-170

  Linares, Juan Carlos ^a   Covelo, Felisa ^a   Carreira, José Antonio ^b   Merino, José Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abies pinsapo; Altitudinal gradient; Growing degree days; Litterfall; Mediterranean firs; Phenology; Stomatal conductance; Twig growth; Xylem water potential

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ELEVATION; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LITTERFALL; PHENOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; XYLEM;

ABIES; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; SEASON; XYLEM;

ABIES; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT STOMATA; SEASONS; WATER; XYLEM;

ABIES; ABIES PINSAPO;

EID: 84860606570     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps003     Document Type: Article

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