Linking carbon and water relations to drought-induced mortality in Pinus flexilis seedlings

Tree Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 771-782

  Reinhardt, Keith ^a   Germino, Matthew J ^b   Kueppers, Lara M ^c   Domec, Jean Christophe ^d,e   Mitton, Jeffry ^f  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Hydraulic resistance; Non structural carbohydrates; Productivity; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWING SEASON; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SEEDLING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PINUS FLEXILIS;

CARBON; WATER;

DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHLOEM; PINE;

CARBON; DROUGHTS; PHLOEM; PINUS; WATER;

EID: 84939605063     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv045     Document Type: Article

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