Canopy leaf area of a mature evergreen Eucalyptus woodland does not respond to elevated atmospheric [CO2] but tracks water availability

Global Change Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1666-1676

  Duursma, Remko A ^a   Gimeno, Teresa E ^a,b   Boer, Matthias M ^a   Crous, Kristine Y ^a   Tjoelker, Mark G ^a   Ellsworth, David S ^a  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

Author keywords

Drought; Free air CO2 enrichment; Leaf area index; Litter production; Phenology

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN TREE; LEAF AREA INDEX; LITTER; PHENOLOGY; WOODLAND;

EUCALYPTUS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ATMOSPHERE; EUCALYPTUS; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEW SOUTH WALES; PLANT LEAF;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PLANT LEAVES; WATER;

EID: 84959237532     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13151     Document Type: Article

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