Plasticity in gas-exchange physiology of mature Scots pine and European larch drive short- and long-term adjustments to changes in water availability

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1972-1983

  Feichtinger, Linda M ^a   Siegwolf, Rolf T W ^b   Gessler, Arthur ^a,c   Buchmann, Nina ^d   Lévesque, Mathieu ^a,e   Rigling, Andreas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

drought; hydraulic adjustment; resilience; stable carbon isotope; tree growth; water stress

Indexed keywords

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

CARBON; OXYGEN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; CHEMISTRY; EUROPE; GAS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LARIX; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCOTS PINE; SOIL; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CARBON ISOTOPES; EUROPE; GASES; GEOGRAPHY; LARIX; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SOIL; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 85027448758     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.13008     Document Type: Article

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