Interactions of thinning and stem height on the drought response of radial stem growth and isotopic composition of Norway spruce (Picea abies)

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1199-1213

  Sohn, Julia A ^a   Kohler, Martin ^a   Gessler, Arthur ^b,c   Bauhus, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbon oxygen isotopes; drought; Picea abies; stem analysis; thinning

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OXYGEN;

BASAL AREA; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STEM; THINNING; TREE RING;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; SPRUCE; TREE; WOOD;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; GERMANY; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PICEA; PLANT STEMS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 84867807310     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps077     Document Type: Article

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