Increased vapor pressure deficit due to higher temperature leads to greater transpiration and faster mortality during drought for tree seedlings common to the forest-grassland ecotone

New Phytologist

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 366-374

  Will, Rodney E ^a   Wilson, Stuart M ^a   Zou, Chris B ^a   Hennessey, Thomas C ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Mortality; Seedlings; Transpiration; Vapor pressure deficit (VPD); Water potential

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECOTONE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASSLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; TRANSPIRATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER USE; XYLEM;

GREAT PLAINS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT; MORTALITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; SEEDLINGS; SWEATING; TREE; UNITED STATES; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT (VPD); WATER POTENTIAL;

DROUGHT; MORTALITY; SEEDLINGS; TRANSPIRATION; VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT (VPD); WATER POTENTIAL;

DROUGHTS; HOT TEMPERATURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEEDLING; TREES; UNITED STATES; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER;

EID: 84884377854     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12321     Document Type: Article

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