Linking nonstructural carbohydrate dynamics to gas exchange and leaf hydraulic behavior in Pinus edulis and Juniperus monosperma

New Phytologist

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 411-421

  Woodruff, David R ^a   Meinzer, Frederick C ^a   Marias, Danielle E ^b   Sevanto, Sanna ^c   Jenkins, Michael W ^d   Mcdowell, Nate G ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon starvation; Carbon storage; Drought; Growth limitation; Juniperus monosperma; Leaf hydraulics; Nonstructural carbohydrate (NSC); Pinus edulis

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; GAS EXCHANGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF; POTASSIUM; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

JUNIPERUS MONOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS;

CARBON; WATER;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; JUNIPERUS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; TREE;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; JUNIPERUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEASONS; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84923276713     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13170     Document Type: Article

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