The role of stored carbohydrates and nitrogen in the growth and stress tolerance of planted forest trees

Fast growth involves high dependence on stored resources in seedlings of Mediterranean evergreen trees

(2015) Mercedes Uscola et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Contributing factors in foliar uptake of dissolved inorganic nitrogen at leaf level

(2015) Karen Wuyts et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Diel patterns of leaf carbohydrate concentrations differ between seedlings and mature trees of two sympatric oak species

(2014) Ori Baber et al.   Botany

Foliar absorption and root translocation of nitrogen from different chemical forms in seedlings of two Mediterranean trees

(2014) Mercedes Uscola et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The use of antifreeze proteins for frost protection in sensitive crop plants

(2014) John G. Duman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Truths or myths, fact or fiction, setting the record straight concerning nitrogen effects on levels of frost hardiness

(2014) Kari Taulavuori et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Fertilization regime interacts with fall temperature in the nursery to determine the frost and drought tolerance of the Mediterranean oak Quercus ilex subsp. ballota

(2014) Norberto Heredia-Guerrero et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Seasonal changes in carbon and nitrogen compound concentrations in a Quercus petraea chronosequence

(2014) A. Gilson et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Nitrogen uptake over entire root systems of tree seedlings

(2014) B. J. Hawkins et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Drought survival of tropical tree seedlings enhanced by non-structural carbohydrate levels

(2014) Michael J. O’Brien et al.   Nature Climate Change

Nonstructural Carbon in Woody Plants

(2013) Michael C. Dietze et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Nitrogen form and concentration interact to affect the performance of two ecologically distinct Mediterranean forest trees

(2013) Mercedes Uscola et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Morphology, gas exchange, and chlorophyll content of longleaf pine seedlings in response to rooting volume, copper root pruning, and nitrogen supply in a container nursery

(2013) R. Kasten Dumroese et al.   NEW FORESTS

Assessing the effect of late-season fertilization on Holm oak plant quality: insights from morpho–nutritional characterizations and water relations parameters

(2013) Enrique Andivia et al.   NEW FORESTS

Is nitrogen fertilization in the nursery a suitable tool for enhancing the performance of Mediterranean oak plantations?

(2013) Pedro Villar-Salvador et al.   NEW FORESTS

Nutrient loading of forest tree seedlings to promote stress resistance and field performance: a Mediterranean perspective

(2013) Juan A. Oliet et al.   NEW FORESTS

Low root reserve accumulation during drought may lead to winter mortality in poplar seedlings

(2013) David A. Galvez et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Thirst beats hunger - declining hydration during drought prevents carbon starvation in Norway spruce saplings

(2013) Henrik Hartmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Does carbon storage limit tree growth?

(2013) Sara Palacio et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

How do trees die? A test of the hydraulic failure and carbon starvation hypotheses

(2013) SANNA SEVANTO et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Nitrogen nutrition and drought hardening exert opposite effects on the stress tolerance of Pinus pinea L. seedlings

(2013) P. Villar-Salvador et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Distribution of non-structural nitrogen and carbohydrate compounds in mature oak trees in a temperate forest at four key phenological stages

(2013) S. Bazot et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Partitioning of carbon allocation to reserves or growth determines future performance of aspen seedlings

(2012) Simon M. Landhäusser et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Deep planting with shelters improves performance of different stocktype sizes under arid Mediterranean conditions

(2012) Juan A. Oliet et al.   NEW FORESTS

Effect of stock type characteristics and time of planting on field performance of aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) seedlings on boreal reclamation sites

(2012) Simon M. Landhäusser et al.   NEW FORESTS

Why seedlings survive: influence of plant attributes

(2012) Steven C. Grossnickle   NEW FORESTS

Increase in size and nitrogen concentration enhances seedling survival in Mediterranean plantations. Insights from an ecophysiological conceptual model of plant survival

(2012) Pedro Villar-Salvador et al.   NEW FORESTS

Drought response strategies define the relative contributions of hydraulic dysfunction and carbohydrate depletion during tree mortality

(2012) Patrick J. Mitchell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

To resprout or not to resprout: factors driving intraspecific variability in resprouting

(2012) Bruno Moreira et al.   OIKOS

Fall fertilization of Holm oak affects N and P dynamics, root growth potential, and post-planting phenology and growth

(2011) Juan A. Oliet et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Carbon reserves and canopy defoliation determine the recovery of Scots pine 4 yr after a drought episode

(2011) L. Galiano et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mechanisms Linking Drought, Hydraulics, Carbon Metabolism, and Vegetation Mortality

(2011) N. G. McDowell   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Do elevation of CO2 concentration and nitrogen fertilization alter storage and remobilization of carbon and nitrogen in pedunculate oak saplings?

(2011) S. Vizoso et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Browsing affects intra-ring carbon allocation in species with contrasting wood anatomy

(2011) S. Palacio et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Autumn fertilization with nitrogen improves nutritional status, cold hardiness and the oxidative stress response of Holm oak (Quercus ilex ssp. ballota [Desf.] Samp) nursery seedlings

(2011) Enrique Andivia et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Why do large, nitrogen rich seedlings better resist stressful transplanting conditions? A physiological analysis in two functionally contrasting Mediterranean forest species

(2010) Bárbara Cuesta et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Expanding leaves of mature deciduous forest trees rapidly become autotrophic

(2010) S. G. Keel et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Nitrogen storage and remobilization by trees: ecophysiological relevance in a changing world

(2010) P. Millard et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Fall fertilization of Pinus resinosa seedlings: nutrient uptake, cold hardiness, and morphological development

(2009) M. Anisul Islam et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Evidence of old carbon used to grow new fine roots in a tropical forest

(2009) Rodrigo Vargas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Phosphorus reserves increase grass regrowth after defoliation

(2009) Mariano Oyarzabal et al.   OECOLOGIA

Seasonal carbon storage and growth in Mediterranean tree seedlings under different water conditions

(2009) V. Sanz-Perez et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

BrowsedBetula pubescenstrees are not carbon-limited

(2008) S. Palacio et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

(2008) Nate McDowell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST