Hydraulic and carbohydrate changes in experimental drought-induced mortality of saplings in two conifer species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 252-260

  Anderegg, William R L ^a,b   Anderegg, Leander D L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; ecosystem trajectory; forest mortality; hydraulic conductivity; non structural carbohydrates; plant physiology; vegetation model

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CARBOHYDRATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MORTALITY; SAPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JUNIPERUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLORADO; DROUGHTS; JUNIPERUS; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER;

CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 84875614612     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt016     Document Type: Article

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