Trait-specific responses of Scots pine to irrigation on a short vs long time scale

Tree Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 160-171

  Feichtinger, Linda M ^a   Eilmann, Britta ^b   Buchmann, Nina ^c   Rigling, Andreas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Leaf trait; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BASAL AREA; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; ECOMORPHOLOGY; GERMINATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEAF AREA; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORTALITY; TREE RING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

WATER;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SWITZERLAND; WOOD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; PHENOTYPE; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND; WATER; WOOD;

EID: 84937555215     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu114     Document Type: Article

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