How do drought and warming influence survival and wood traits of Picea mariana saplings?

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 377-389

  Balducci, Lorena ^a   Deslauriers, Annie ^a   Giovannelli, Alessio ^b   Beaulieu, Marilène ^a   Delzon, Sylvain ^c   Rossi, Sergio ^a   Rathgeber, Cyrille B K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b CNR IVALSA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Climate change; Drought; Survival; Warming; Wood anatomy; Wood density

Indexed keywords

PICEA MARIANA;

STARCH; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; SPRUCE; WOOD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; PICEA; PLANT STEMS; STARCH; WATER; WOOD;

EID: 84922576119     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru431     Document Type: Article

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