Research frontiers in drought-induced tree mortality: Crossing scales and disciplines

New Phytologist

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 965-969

  Hartmann, Henrik ^a   Adams, Henry D ^b   Anderegg, William R L ^c   Jansen, Steven ^d   Zeppel, Melanie J B ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biotic agents; Carbon availability; Desiccation; Global warming; Interdisciplinary; Plant water relations; Remote sensing; Stress

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; KNOWLEDGE; MORTALITY; TREE;

GERMANY; JENA; THURINGIA;

WATER;

DROUGHT; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; TREE;

DROUGHTS; FORESTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84920973433     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13246     Document Type: Article

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