Interdependence of chronic hydraulic dysfunction and canopy processes can improve integrated models of tree response to drought

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 6156-6176

  Mackay, D Scott ^a   Roberts, David E ^a,b   Ewers, Brent E ^c   Sperry, John S ^d   McDowell, Nathan G ^e   Pockman, William T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Now at Resource Data Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

drought; hydraulic traits; photosynthesis; stomatal conductance; xylem cavitation

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDRAULIC LIMITATIONS; INTEGRATED MODELING; INTEGRATED MODELS; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; MODEL EXPERIMENTS; STOMATAL CLOSURES; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

DROUGHT;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRADE-OFF; XYLEM;

JUNIPERUS;

EID: 84941993556     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017244     Document Type: Article

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