Tree rings and stable isotopes reveal the tree-history prior to insect defoliation on Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 319, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-106

  Gori, Yuri ^a   Camin, Federica ^a   La Porta, Nicola ^a   Carrer, Marco ^b   Battisti, Andrea ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compensatory photosynthesis; Dendroecology; Farquhar model; Isotope analysis; Photosynthetic capacity; Stomatal behavior

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; OXYGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPES; DENDROECOLOGY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN STABLE ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; STOMATAL BEHAVIOR; TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE RING;

CARBON; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS;

EID: 84896868502     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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