Individual traits as determinants of time to death under extreme drought in Pinus sylvestris L.

Tree Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1196-1209

  Garcia Forner, Núria ^a,b   Sala, Anna ^c   Biel, Carme ^d   Save, Robert ^d   Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^a,b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

carbon and water relations; hydraulic conductivity; hydraulic failure; life span; mortality; nonstructural carbohydrates; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

CARBON;

DROUGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCOTS PINE; TIME;

CARBON; DROUGHTS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; TIME;

EID: 84996542554     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpw040     Document Type: Article

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