Global variations in ecosystem-scale isohydricity

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 891-905

  Konings, Alexandra G ^a,b   Gentine, Pierre ^a,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

diurnal cycle; drought stress; isohydricity; leaf water potential; stomatal closure; vegetation height; vegetation optical depth; water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; OPTICAL DEPTH; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOMATA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PLANT LEAF; TREE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84979656469     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13389     Document Type: Article

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