Long-term temporal relationships between environmental conditions and xylem functional traits: A meta-analysis across a range of woody species along climatic and nitrogen deposition gradients

Tree Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 4-17

  Borghetti, Marco ^a   Gentilesca, Tiziana ^a   Leonardi, Stefano ^b   Van Noije, Twan ^c   Rita, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b Università di Panna   (Italy)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; climate; generalized additive model; nitrogen deposition; quantitative wood anatomy; xylem

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; META-ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WOOD; WOODY PLANT; XYLEM;

EUROPE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; XYLEM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; TREES; XYLEM;

EID: 85014157707     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpw087     Document Type: Article

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