Drought impact on water use efficiency and intra-annual density fluctuations in Erica arborea on Elba (Italy)

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 382-391

  Battipaglia, Giovanna ^a,b   De Micco, Veronica ^c   Brand, Willi A ^d   Saurer, Matthias ^e   Aronne, Giovanna ^c   Linke, Petra ^d   Cherubini, Paolo ^f  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; False ring; Mediterranean ecosystems; Water stress; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANNUAL VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENSITY; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT STRESS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOIL MOISTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOLERANCE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WOOD; WOODY PLANT;

ELBA; ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; TUSCAN ARCHIPELAGO; TUSCANY;

ERICA ARBOREA;

CARBON; OXYGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; ERICACEAE; FALSE RING; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WATER STRESS; WOOD ANATOMY;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FALSE RING; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS; WATER STRESS; WOOD ANATOMY;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ERICACEAE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; OXYGEN; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 84891634797     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12160     Document Type: Article

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