Resistance of European tree species to drought stress in mixed versus pure forests: Evidence of stress release by inter-specific facilitation

Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 483-495

  Pretzsch, H ^a   Schutze G ^a   Uhl, E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisohydric species; Drought resilience; Hydraulic lift; Isohydric species; Overyielding; Recovery; Underyielding

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FACILITATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONOCULTURE; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE RING;

ARTICLE; BEECH; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; GERMANY; OAK; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRUCE; TREE;

DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; FAGUS; GERMANY; PICEA; QUERCUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES;

GERMANY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 84876071165     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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