Applying the dual-isotope conceptual model to interpret physiological trends under uncontrolled conditions

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1183-1198

  Barnard, H R ^a,c   Brooks, J R ^b   Bond, B J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crown dominance; Douglas fir; relative humidity; stable isotopes; stomatal conductance; tree rings; water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLULOSE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; WATER;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CATCHMENT; CELLULOSE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVERGREEN FOREST; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TIME SERIES; TREE RING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; DOUGLAS FIR; ENVIRONMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLANT STOMA; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE; UNITED STATES; XYLEM;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CELLULOSE; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; OREGON; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PSEUDOTSUGA; TEMPERATURE; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84867782216     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps078     Document Type: Article

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