Contrasting nonstructural carbohydrate dynamics of tropical tree seedlings under water deficit and variability

New Phytologist

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1083-1094

  O'Brien, Michael J ^a   Burslem, David F R P ^b   Caduff, Alexa ^a   Tay, John ^c   Hector, Andy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought resistance; Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs); Plant climate interactions; Relative growth response; Stomatal conductance; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; GROWTH RESPONSE; RAINFALL; SEEDLING; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

RAIN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; PLANT STOMA; SEEDLING; TREE; WOOD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DROUGHTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT STEMS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; RAIN; SEEDLINGS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES; WATER; WOOD;

EID: 84920972582     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13134     Document Type: Article

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