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Impact of Climate Change: Effects of Reduced Summer Rainfall on Growth and Physiology of Silver Birch and Downy Birch - Couverture souple

Pradhan, Dhirendra

 
9783846590775: Impact of Climate Change: Effects of Reduced Summer Rainfall on Growth and Physiology of Silver Birch and Downy Birch
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3846590770 ISBN 13 : 9783846590775
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Climate change in the UK has affected growth, structure and distribution of trees and woodlands. Climate change projections for the UK are for wetter winters, drier summers and significance changes in temperature regimes. Hence, it is imperative to determine species-specific responses to predicted changes in summer rainfall and provide further understanding of the changes in growth and development in response to a decrease in water availability. The study on silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) and downy birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) showed that plant height, plant diameter, biomass and moisture content reduced significantly with increased water stress. The stressed plants had lower stomatal conductance, transpiration and net CO2 assimilation than plants in the controlled treatment. B. pendula showed higher height and diameter growth, lower shoot-to-root ratio and superior physiological traits indicating that this species can perform better than B. pubescens in future water-deficit conditions.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Climate change in the UK has affected growth, structure and distribution of trees and woodlands. Climate change projections for the UK are for wetter winters, drier summers and significance changes in temperature regimes. Hence, it is imperative to determine species-specific responses to predicted changes in summer rainfall and provide further understanding of the changes in growth and development in response to a decrease in water availability. The study on silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) and downy birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) showed that plant height, plant diameter, biomass and moisture content reduced significantly with increased water stress. The stressed plants had lower stomatal conductance, transpiration and net CO2 assimilation than plants in the controlled treatment. B. pendula showed higher height and diameter growth, lower shoot-to-root ratio and superior physiological traits indicating that this species can perform better than B. pubescens in future water-deficit conditions.

Biographie de l'auteur

Mr. Dhirendra Pradhan has obtained his Masters in Tropical Forestry Management from Technical University of Dresden, Germany and MSc in Agroforestry from University of Wales, Bangor, UK. Currently he is working as a Forest Officer in Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, Nepal.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3846590770
ISBN 13 
9783846590775
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
100
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