The temporal response to drought in a Mediterranean evergreen tree: Comparing a regional precipitation gradient and a throughfall exclusion experiment

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2413-2426

  Martin Stpaul, Nicolas K ^a   Limousin, Jean Marc ^a,b   Vogt Schilb, Hélène ^a   Rodríguez Calcerrada, Jesus ^a,c   Rambal, Serge ^a   Longepierre, Damien ^a   Misson, Laurent ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allometry; Carbon allocation; Chronic stress; Ecosystem manipulation; Hydraulic adjustments; Leaf ecophysiology; Long term drought; Quercus ilex; Water availability

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EVERGREEN TREE; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; LEAF AREA INDEX; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPORAL VARIATION; THROUGHFALL; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON ALLOCATION; CHRONIC STRESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM MANIPULATION; FRANCE; HYDRAULIC ADJUSTMENTS; LEAF ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LONG-TERM DROUGHT; METABOLISM; OAK; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; QUERCUS ILEX; TIME; WATER AVAILABILITY; XYLEM;

ALLOMETRY; CARBON ALLOCATION; CHRONIC STRESS; ECOSYSTEM MANIPULATION; HYDRAULIC ADJUSTMENTS; LEAF ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LONG-TERM DROUGHT; QUERCUS ILEX; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; FRANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; RAIN; TIME FACTORS; WATER; XYLEM;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84880132232     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12215     Document Type: Article

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