Responses of gas-exchange rates and water relations to annual fluctuations of weather in three species of urban street trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1056-1068

  Osone, Yoko ^a,b   Kawarasaki, Satoko ^b   Ishida, Atsushi ^c   Kikuchi, Satoshi ^d   Shimizu, Akari ^a   Yazaki, Kenichi ^d   Aikawa, Shin Ichi ^d,e   Yamaguchi, Masahiro ^f,g   Izuta, Takeshi ^f   Matsumoto, Genki I ^a  

^a OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e Assoc of Electronic Technology for   (Japan)

^f TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Extreme weather; Photosynthesis; Roadside trees; Stomatal conductance; Summer heat; Water potential

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EXTREME EVENT; GAS EXCHANGE; GYMNOSPERM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; STREET CANYON; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER STRESS;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

GINKGO BILOBA; GYMNOSPERMAE; PRUNUS X YEDOENSIS; ZELKOVA SERRATA;

EID: 84923418968     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu086     Document Type: Article

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