Interspecific competition influences the response of oak transpiration to increasing drought stress in a mixed Mediterranean forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 318, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-61

  Grossiord, Charlotte ^a   Gessler, Arthur ^b,c   Granier, André ^a   Pollastrini, Martina ^d   Bussotti, Filippo ^d   Bonal, Damien ^a  

^a LERFoB   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^c BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drought; Quercus; Sap flux; Species interactions; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893528222     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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