Foliage response of young central European oaks to air warming, drought and soil type

Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 185-197

  Gunthardt Goerg M S ^a   Kuster, T M ^a   Arend, M ^a   Vollenweider, P ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Leaf morphology; Leaf water content; Phenotypic plasticity; Quercus; Seed provenance; Visible symptom development

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN; WATER;

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST SOIL; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PH; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TYPE; TOLERANCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AIR; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; METABOLISM; OAK; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AIR; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; HOT TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS PETRAEA; QUERCUS PUBESCENS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 84871666730     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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