Mechanisms of piñon pine mortality after severe drought: A retrospective study of mature trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 806-816

  Gaylord, Monica L ^a,c   Kolb, Thomas E ^a   McDowell, Nate G ^b   Meinzer, Frederick ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

bark beetles; carbon starvation; hydraulic failure; Pinus edulis; resin ducts

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; BEETLE; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BIOTIC FACTOR; CAVITATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MORTALITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

ARIZONA; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CURCULIONIDAE; PINUS EDULIS; SCOLYTINAE;

CARBON; PLANT RESIN;

ANIMAL; ARIZONA; BEETLE; DROUGHT; NEW MEXICO; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOOD; XYLEM;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BEETLES; CARBON; DROUGHTS; NEW MEXICO; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS; RESINS, PLANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 84940738355     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv038     Document Type: Article

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