Relations between water balance, wood traits and phenological behavior of tree species from a tropical dry forest in Costa Rica - A multifactorial study

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 527-536

  Worbes, Martin ^a   Blanchart, Sofie ^b   Fichtler, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

carbon isotopes; phenological ecotypes; stem succulent; stomatal conductance; tropical dry forest; wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

ANATOMY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; DRY FOREST; ECOTYPE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHENOLOGY; PIONEER SPECIES; STEM; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE; TRANSLOCATION; WATER BUDGET;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CAMBIUM; COSTA RICA; CYTOLOGY; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOLOGICAL ECOTYPES; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLANT STOMA; STEM SUCCULENT; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICAL DRY FOREST; WOOD; WOOD ANATOMY;

CARBON ISOTOPES; PHENOLOGICAL ECOTYPES; STEM SUCCULENT; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TROPICAL DRY FOREST; WOOD ANATOMY;

ANGIOSPERMS; CAMBIUM; CARBON ISOTOPES; COSTA RICA; DROUGHTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER; WOOD;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 84877955128     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt028     Document Type: Article

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