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Title: Precipitation, not air temperature, drives functional responses of trees in semi-arid ecosystems

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK (United States). Dept. of Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution
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Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1409755
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1401239; OSTI ID: 1482960
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-16-20727; LA-UR-18-30597
Journal ID: ISSN 0022-0477
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396; 89233218CNA000001
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Ecology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 105; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-0477
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; climate change; ecophysiology; foliar traits; growth; needle structure; phenology; photosynthesis; Pinus edulis Engelm; plasticity; water use efficiency

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Grossiord, Charlotte, Sevanto, Sanna, Adams, Henry D., Collins, Adam D., Dickman, Lee T., McBranch, Natalie, Michaletz, Sean T., Stockton, Elizabeth A., Vigil, Miguel, and McDowell, Nate G. Precipitation, not air temperature, drives functional responses of trees in semi-arid ecosystems. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12662.
Grossiord, Charlotte, Sevanto, Sanna, Adams, Henry D., Collins, Adam D., Dickman, Lee T., McBranch, Natalie, Michaletz, Sean T., Stockton, Elizabeth A., Vigil, Miguel, & McDowell, Nate G. Precipitation, not air temperature, drives functional responses of trees in semi-arid ecosystems. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12662
Grossiord, Charlotte, Sevanto, Sanna, Adams, Henry D., Collins, Adam D., Dickman, Lee T., McBranch, Natalie, Michaletz, Sean T., Stockton, Elizabeth A., Vigil, Miguel, and McDowell, Nate G. Wed . "Precipitation, not air temperature, drives functional responses of trees in semi-arid ecosystems". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12662. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1409755.
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title = {Precipitation, not air temperature, drives functional responses of trees in semi-arid ecosystems},
author = {Grossiord, Charlotte and Sevanto, Sanna and Adams, Henry D. and Collins, Adam D. and Dickman, Lee T. and McBranch, Natalie and Michaletz, Sean T. and Stockton, Elizabeth A. and Vigil, Miguel and McDowell, Nate G.},
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year = {Wed Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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