Balance between carbon gain and loss under long-term drought: Impacts on foliar respiration and photosynthesis in Quercus ilex L

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 821-833

  Sperlich, D ^a,b   Barbeta, A ^b,c   Ogaya, R ^b,c   Sabate S ^a,b   Penuelas J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon use efficiency; day respiration; Jmax; mesophyll conductance; rainfall exclusion; Vc,max

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; GAS;

CELL RESPIRATION; DROUGHT; FLUORESCENCE; GAS; METABOLISM; OAK; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; TIME FACTOR;

CARBON; CELL RESPIRATION; CHLOROPHYLL; DROUGHTS; FLUORESCENCE; GASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; QUERCUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84964319757     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv492     Document Type: Article

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