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Water Stress Limitations to Tree Productivity

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Biomass Production by Fast-Growing Trees

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Statements to the effect that water stress is largely responsible for loss of forest tree productivity have been made repeatedly. The early literature was reviewed by Zahner (1968) and more recently by Kozlowski (1982). Jarvis (1985) made a critical evaluation of the existing data. A large amount of empirical evidence correlates soil water availability with wood production. In addition to data for whole stands and trees, a large amount of information has accumulated on the effects of water stress on leaf gas exchange and other physiological processes. Both types of experimental data are necessary to construct comprehensive mathematical models which integrate information across levels of biological organization (e.g., from leaves to canopies) and time scales (e.g., “instantaneous” carbon assimilation rates to annual biomass production).

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Pereira, J.S., Pallardy, S. (1989). Water Stress Limitations to Tree Productivity. In: Pereira, J.S., Landsberg, J.J. (eds) Biomass Production by Fast-Growing Trees. NATO ASI Series, vol 166. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2348-5_3

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