Why do trees adjust water relations and hydraulic architecture in response to nutrient availability?

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 238-240

  Goldstein, Guillermo ^a,b,c   Bucci, Sandra J ^b,d   Scholz, Fabián G ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c University of Miami   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

ADAPTATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84875596034     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt007     Document Type: Note

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