Water availability as dominant control of heat stress responses in two contrasting tree species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 164-178

  Ruehr, Nadine K ^a   Gast, Andreas ^a   Weber, Christina ^a   Daub, Baerbel ^a   Arneth, Almut ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

drought stress; evaporative demand; growth; heat wave; photosynthesis; Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir); recovery; Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust); transpiration; water deficit

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STRESS RESISTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

WATER;

DOUGLAS FIR; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBINIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

DROUGHTS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; ROBINIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84960388106     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv102     Document Type: Article

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