Drought-induced defoliation and long periods of near-zero gas exchange play a key role in accentuating metabolic decline of Scots pine

New Phytologist

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 388-401

  Poyatos, Rafael ^a   Aguadé, David ^a,b   Galiano, Lucía ^a   Mencuccini, Maurizio ^c,d   Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^a,b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy defoliation; Hydraulic limits; Nonstructural carbohydrates; Pinus sylvestris; Sap flow; Stomatal conductance; Tree mortality; Water potential

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; DEFOLIATION; DROUGHT; GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF AREA; METABOLISM; MORTALITY RISK; SAP FLOW; SOIL WATER; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SURVIVAL; TREE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

SPAIN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

CARBON; WATER;

ARTICLE; CANOPY DEFOLIATION; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDRAULIC LIMITS; METABOLISM; NONSTRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; SAP FLOW; SCOTS PINE; SEASON; SOIL; SPAIN; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE; TREE MORTALITY; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER POTENTIAL; WOOD;

CANOPY DEFOLIATION; HYDRAULIC LIMITS; NONSTRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SAP FLOW; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE MORTALITY; WATER POTENTIAL;

CARBON; DROUGHTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEASONS; SOIL; SPAIN; TREES; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER; WOOD;

EID: 84884412065     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12278     Document Type: Article

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