A retrospective, dual-isotope approach reveals individual predispositions to winter-drought induced tree dieback in the southernmost distribution limit of Scots pine

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1435-1448

  Voltas, Jordi ^a   Camarero, Jesús Julio ^b   Carulla, David ^a   Aguilera, Mònica ^a   Ortiz, Araceli ^c   Ferrio, Juan Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

^c Laboratorio de Sanidad Forestal Gob Aragón   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon reserves; Hydraulic failure; Pinus sylvestris; Stable isotopes; Tree rings; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OXYGEN; RAIN; WATER;

CAVITATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIEBACK; DROUGHT STRESS; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORTALITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREE RING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; CARBON RESERVES; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HYDRAULIC FAILURE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOTS PINE; SEASON; SPAIN; STABLE ISOTOPES; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TREE; TREE RINGS; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY; WOOD;

CARBON RESERVES; HYDRAULIC FAILURE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TREE RINGS; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; GEOGRAPHY; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; RAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER; WOOD;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84880041441     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12072     Document Type: Article

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