Species assemblage patterns around a dominant emergent tree are associated with drought resistance

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1269-1283

  Wyse, Sarah V ^a   Macinnis Ng, Catriona M O ^b   Burns, Bruce R ^a   Clearwater, Michael J ^c   Schwendenmann, Luitgard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agathis australis; drought tolerance; kauri; soil moisture; stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; LEAF; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WILTING;

NEW ZEALAND;

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ADAPTATION; AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; KAURI; METABOLISM; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLANT STOMA; SEASON; SEEDLING; SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE; VASCULAR PLANT;

AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; KAURI; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; LINEAR MODELS; NEW ZEALAND; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEASONS; SEEDLING; SOIL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRACHEOBIONTA; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84891503874     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt095     Document Type: Article

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