The effect of fungal pathogens on the water and carbon economy of trees: Implications for drought-induced mortality

New Phytologist

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1028-1035

  Oliva, Jonàs ^a   Stenlid, Jan ^a   Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^b,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon economy; Carbon starvation; Drought; Embolism; Hydraulic failure; Non structural carbohydrates (NSCs); Tree mortality; Trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TREE; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT);

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84905041474     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12857     Document Type: Letter

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