Tree-ring wood anatomy and stable isotopes show structural and functional adjustments in olive trees under different water availability

Plant and Soil

Volumn 372, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 567-579

  Rossi, Lorenzo ^a   Sebastiani, Luca ^a   Tognetti, Roberto ^b   d'Andria, Riccardo ^c   Morelli, Giovanni ^c   Cherubini, Paolo ^d  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

13C; 18O; Dendrochronology; Mediterranean trees; Olea europaea L; Xylem

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; CAVITATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EVERGREEN TREE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ORCHARD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; TREE RING; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WOOD;

BENEVENTO; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 84886243340     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1759-0     Document Type: Article

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