Changing precipitation regimes and the water and carbon economies of trees

Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-82

  Oliveira, Rafael S ^a   Christoffersen, Bradley O ^b   de V Barros, Fernanda ^a   Teodoro, Grazielle S ^a   Bittencourt, Paulo ^a   Brum Jr, Mauro M ^a   Viani, Ricardo A G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Cavitation; Climate change; Drought induced mortality; Drought response; Ecohydrology; Hydraulic traits; Plant water relations; Soil plant atmosphere continuum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983098258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21970025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40626-014-0007-1     Document Type: Review

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