Intraspecific variation in the use of water sources by the circum-Mediterranean conifer Pinus halepensis

New Phytologist

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1031-1041

  Voltas, Jordi ^a   Lucabaugh, Devon ^a   Chambel, Maria Regina ^b   Ferrio, Juan Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Drought; Mediterranean climate; Pinus halepensis (Aleppo pine); Stable isotopes; Water uptake; Water use strategies

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS HALEPENSIS;

SOIL; WATER;

ADAPTATION; CHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; ECOTYPE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; SEASON; SOIL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DROUGHTS; ECOTYPE; GENETIC VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PINUS; SEASONS; SOIL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84946490735     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13569     Document Type: Article

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