Contrasting drought-response strategies in California redwoods

Tree Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 453-469

  Ambrose, Anthony R ^a   Baxter, Wendy L ^a   Wong, Christopher S ^a   Næsborg, Rikke R ^a   Williams, Cameron B ^a   Dawson, Todd E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anisohydric; biomass allocation; climate change; embolism; isohydric; Sequoia sempervirens; Sequoiadendron giganteum

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH RESPONSE; SEEDLING; STRESS RESISTANCE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS; SEQUOIADENDRON; SEQUOIADENDRON GIGANTEUM;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING; SEQUOIA; SEQUOIADENDRON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; SEEDLINGS; SEQUOIA; SEQUOIADENDRON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84930788707     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv016     Document Type: Article

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