Growth cessation uncouples isotopic signals in leaves and tree rings of drought-exposed oak trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1095-1105

  Pflug, Ellen E ^a,b   Siegwolf, R ^b,c   Buchmann, N ^b   Dobbertin, M ^a   Kuster, T M ^a,b,d   Gunthardt Goerg M S ^a   Arend, M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Institute for Plant Production Sciences   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

13C; 18O; Dual isotope approach; Quercus petraea; Quercus robur; Water shortage; Wood

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DROUGHT; LEAF; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; TREE; TREE RING;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS PETRAEA; QUERCUS ROBUR;

CARBON; OXYGEN;

CAMBIUM; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; OAK; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND;

CAMBIUM; CARBON ISOTOPES; DROUGHTS; HOT TEMPERATURE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84949569250     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv079     Document Type: Article

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