Cork oak physiological responses to manipulated water availability in a Mediterranean woodland

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 184, Issue , 2014, Pages 230-242

  Besson, Cathy Kurz ^a   Lobo do Vale, Raquel ^b   Rodrigues, Maria Lucília ^b   Almeida, Pedro ^b   Herd, Alastair ^b   Grant, Olga Mary ^c   David, Teresa Soares ^d   Schmidt, Markus ^e   Otieno, Denis ^e   Keenan, Trevor F ^f   Gouveia, Célia ^a   Mériaux, Catherine ^a   Chaves, Maria Manuela ^b,g   Pereira, João S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d Quinta do Marquês   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gas exchange; Precipitation change; Quercus suber; Soil moisture; Throughfall manipulation; Tree transpiration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GAS EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL WATER; THROUGHFALL; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WOODLAND;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84887323986     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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