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Responses of forest trees to single and multiple environmental stresses from seedlings to mature plants: Past stress history, stress interactions, tolerance and acclimation

Ülo Niinemets
- 15 Oct 2010 - 
- Vol. 260, Iss: 10, pp 1623-1639
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In this article, a review of tree physiological responses to key environmental stress factors and their combinations are analyzed from seedlings to mature trees, concluding that combined stresses can influence survival of large trees even more than chronic exposure to a single predictable stress such as drought.
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This article is published in Forest Ecology and Management.The article was published on 2010-10-15 and is currently open access. It has received 586 citations till now.

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Growth of Young Trees of Acer platanoides and Quercus robur Along a Gap- Understory Continuum: Interrelationships between Allometry, Biomass Partitioning, Nitrogen, and Shade Tolerance

TL;DR: The results indicate that interspecific differences in allometry and nitrogen allocation patterns significantly alter species competitive relations during sapling development across the gap-understory continuum.
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Tree Size- and Age-Related Changes in Leaf Physiology and Their Influence on Carbon Gain

TL;DR: More integrated studies that consider the simultaneous roles of leaf structure, chemistry and stomatal and mesophyll factors are needed to disentangle and assign importance to the various factors responsible for decreases in carbon gain with tree age and size.
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Coordination of leaf structure and gas exchange along a height gradient in a tall conifer.

TL;DR: The data suggest that increasing height leads to both fixed structural constraints on leaf gas exchange and dynamic constraints related to prevailing stomatal behavior, which are likely to be determined by the prevailing vertical tension gradient during foliar development.
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Foliar nutrient retranslocation in Eucalyptus globulus.

TL;DR: Comparison of the results with published data for Pinus radiata grown in the same environment indicated a similarity between the species in patterns of change in foliar nutrients contents and in factors governing foliar nutrient retranslocation, giving rise to unifying principles.
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Seasonal changes in net photosynthesis rates and photosynthetic capacity in leaves of Cistus salvifolius, a European mediterranean semi-deciduous shrub.

TL;DR: Seasonal changes in maximal photosynthetic rates under ambient conditions were similar, and like those found in co-occurring evergreen sclerophylls, like the evergreens, Cistus demonstrated considerable stomatal control of transpirational water loss, particularly in oversummering leaves.
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