An experimentally controlled extreme drought in a Norway spruce forest reveals fast hydraulic response and subsequent recovery of growth rates

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 891-900

  Montwé, David ^a   Spiecker, Heinrich ^a   Hamann, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drought response; Hydraulic architecture; Norway spruce; Plasticity; Resilience; Sweden; Wood density; Wood structure

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; IRRIGATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PLASTICITY; RECOVERY; WOODEN BUILDINGS;

DROUGHT RESPONSE; HYDRAULIC ARCHITECTURE; NORWAY SPRUCE; RESILIENCE; SWEDEN; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD STRUCTURE;

DROUGHT;

BUILDINGS; DROUGHT; HYDRAULICS; IRRIGATION; PICEA ABIES; PLASTICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WOOD DENSITY;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84900856508     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-014-1002-5     Document Type: Article

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