Loss of whole-tree hydraulic conductance during severe drought and multi-year forest die-off

Oecologia

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-23

  Anderegg, William R L ^a   Anderegg, Leander D L ^b   Berry, Joseph A ^c   Field, Christopher B ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Forest mortality; Sap flux; Water use efficiency; Whole tree hydraulic conductance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT STRESS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF AREA; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULUS; SEASON; SOIL; TREE; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLORADO; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES; POPULUS; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84901389772     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2875-5     Document Type: Article

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