Stomatal conductance and intrinsic water use efficiency in the drought year 2003: a case study of European beech

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 153-174

  Hentschel, Rainer ^a,b   Hommel, Robert ^a   Poschenrieder, Werner ^c   Grote, Rüdiger ^d   Holst, Jutta ^e   Biernath, Christian ^b   Gessler, Arthur ^a,f   Priesack, Eckart ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon and oxygen stable isotopes; Fagus sylvatica; Hydrodynamic modeling; Intrinsic water use efficiency; Leaf physiology; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; DROUGHT; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOTOPES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; TREES (MATHEMATICS); WATER SUPPLY;

FAGUS SYLVATICA; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; INTRINSIC WATER-USE EFFICIENCIES; LEAF PHYSIOLOGIES; OXYGEN STABLE ISOTOPES; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84958102147     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-015-1284-2     Document Type: Article

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