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Water regime and growth of young oak stands subjected to air-warming and drought on two different forest soils in a model ecosystem experiment

  1. T. M. Kuster1,2,
  2. M. Arend1,
  3. P. Bleuler1,
  4. M. S. Günthardt-Goerg1,
  5. R. Schulin2

Article first published online: 30 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00552.x

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Plant Biology

Plant Biology

Special Issue: Woody Plant Performance in a Changing Climate. Guest Editor: M.S. Günthardt-Goerg. The German Botanical Society, the Royal Botanical Society of the Netherlands and Wiley have published this supplement without financial support.

Volume 15, Issue Supplement s1, pages 138–147, January 2013

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Kuster, T. M., Arend, M., Bleuler, P., Günthardt-Goerg, M. S. and Schulin, R. (2013), Water regime and growth of young oak stands subjected to air-warming and drought on two different forest soils in a model ecosystem experiment. Plant Biology, 15: 138–147. doi: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00552.x

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  1. 1

     Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

  2. 2

     Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems (ITES), ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

*T. M. Kuster, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland. E-mail: thomas.kuster@wsl.ch

  1. Editor H. Rennenberg

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 21 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 30 JAN 2012
  3. Received: 29 August 2011; Accepted: 15 November 2011

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