Plant hydraulics and photosynthesis of 34 woody species from different successional stages of subtropical forests

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 879-891

  Zhu, Shi Dan ^a   Song, Juan Juan ^a   Li, Rong Hua ^a,b   Ye, Qing ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Drought tolerance; Hydraulic architecture; Phylogenetically independent contrasts; Turgor loss point

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

CORRELATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUTRIENT USE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUCCESSION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WOODY PLANT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TREE; WOOD; XYLEM;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TREES; WATER; WOOD; XYLEM;

CHINA;

EID: 84874691072     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12024     Document Type: Article

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