Correlation between leaf age and other leaf traits in three Mediterranean maquis shrub species: Quercus ilex, Phillyrea latifolia and Cistus incanus

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-153

  Gratani, Loretta ^a   Bombelli, Antonio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evergreen Mediterranean shrubs; Leaf age; Leaf density; Leaf inclination angle; Leaf thickness; Specific leaf weight; Xeromorphic index

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANATOMY; DENSITY; DIMORPHISM; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ITALY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LEAF WEIGHT; PLANT; SEASONALITY; THICKNESS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; XEROMORPHISM;

CISTUS INCANUS; PHILLYREA LATIFOLIA; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 0034050203     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(99)00052-0     Document Type: Article

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