Stand density, tree social status and water stress influence allocation in height and diameter growth of Quercus petraea (Liebl.)

Tree Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1035-1046

  Trouvé, Raphaël ^a,b   Bontemps, Jean Daniel ^a,b   Seynave, Ingrid ^a,b   Collet, Catherine ^a,b   Lebourgeois, François ^a,b  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; Drought; Increment; Plasticity; Trade off; Water availability

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DROUGHT; GROWTH; HEIGHT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOIL WATER; STAND DYNAMICS; TRADE-OFF; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

QUERCUS PETRAEA;

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENT; FRANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OAK; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TREE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

DROUGHTS; ENVIRONMENT; FRANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; QUERCUS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 84949546528     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv067     Document Type: Article

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