Drought-induced increase in water-use efficiency reduces secondary tree growth and tracheid wall thickness in a Mediterranean conifer

Oecologia

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 273-283

  Olano, José Miguel ^a   Linares, Juan Carlos ^b   García Cervigón, Ana I ^a   Arzac, Alberto ^c   Delgado, Antonio ^d   Rozas, Vicente ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Basal area increment (BAI); Intrinsic water use efficiency (iWUE); Juniperus thurifera; Mediterranean climate; Xylem quantitative anatomy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRELATION; DROUGHT; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS THURIFERA;

RAIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JUNIPERUS; METABOLISM; SPAIN; TIME; XYLEM;

DROUGHTS; JUNIPERUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RAIN; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84906240978     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-2989-4     Document Type: Article

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