Improvement of water and light availability after thinning at a xeric site: Which matters more? A dual isotope approach

New Phytologist

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 108-121

  Giuggiola, Arnaud ^a,b   Ogée, Jérôme ^c   Rigling, Andreas ^a   Gessler, Arthur ^a   Bugmann, Harald ^b   Treydte, Kerstin ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Light; MuSICA model; Stable isotopes; Stomatal conductance; Thinning; Tree rings; Water

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; THINNING; TREE RING; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

SWITZERLAND;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

CARBON; OXYGEN; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCOTS PINE; SEASON; SOFTWARE; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTOR; TREE; XYLEM;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SOFTWARE; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84959100144     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13748     Document Type: Article

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