Short-term water stress impacts on stomatal, mesophyll and biochemical limitations to photosynthesis differ consistently among tree species from contrasting climates

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1035-1046

  Zhou, Shuangxi ^a   Medlyn, Belinda ^a   Sabaté, Santiago ^b,c   Sperlich, Dominik ^b,c   Colin Prentice, I ^a,d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought sensitivity; Gas exchange,hydroclimate; Jmax, mesophyll conductance; Model; Stomatal conductance; Vcmax

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT; DROUGHT STRESS; EVERGREEN TREE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER STRESS;

AUSTRALIA; SPAIN;

EUCALYPTUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 84923490093     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu072     Document Type: Article

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