Growth and carbon isotopes of Mediterranean trees reveal contrasting responses to increased carbon dioxide and drought

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 307-317

  Granda, Elena ^a   Rossatto, Davi Rodrigo ^b   Camarero, J Julio ^c,d   Voltas, Jordi ^e   Valladares, Fernando ^a,f  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric carbon dioxide; Climate change; Intrinsic water use efficiency; Physiological responses; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COEXISTENCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS THURIFERA; PINUS NIGRA; QUERCUS FAGINEA;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JUNIPERUS; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; SPAIN; TREE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; JUNIPERUS; PINUS; QUERCUS; SPAIN; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84891902783     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2742-4     Document Type: Article

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