Rooting depth, water relations and non-structural carbohydrate dynamics in three woody angiosperms differentially affected by an extreme summer drought

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 618-627

  Nardini, Andrea ^a   Casolo, Valentino ^b   Dal Borgo, Anna ^a   Savi, Tadeja ^a   Stenni, Barbara ^a,c   Bertoncin, Paolo ^a   Zini, Luca ^a   Mcdowell, Nathan G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cave; Isotopes; Rainfall; Soil; Xylem hydraulics; Xylem sap

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CAVE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIEBACK; DROUGHT STRESS; EXTREME EVENT; GAS EXCHANGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; ROOTING; SAP FLOW; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; XYLEM;

ITALY;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OSTRYA CARPINIFOLIA; PRUNUS MAHALEB; QUERCUS PUBESCENS;

CARBOHYDRATE; GAS; OXYGEN; RAIN; SOIL; STARCH; SUCROSE; WATER;

ANGIOSPERM; CAVE; CHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; GAS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEASON; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WOOD; XYLEM;

ANGIOSPERMS; CARBOHYDRATES; CAVES; DROUGHTS; GASES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; STARCH; SUCROSE; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 84958292115     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12646     Document Type: Article

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