Different responses to drought and freeze stress of Quercus ilex L. growing along a latitudinal gradient

Plant Ecology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-147

  Nardini, A ^a   Salleo, S ^a   Lo Gullo, M A ^b   Pitt, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Resistance strategies; Root hydraulic conductance; Sicily; Venezia Giulia; Water relations parameters; Xylem embolism

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; FREEZING; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; STRESS RESISTANCE;

ITALY;

QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 0033924772     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009840203569     Document Type: Article

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