Drought and light anatomical adaptive leaf strategies in three woody species caused by microclimatic selection at 'Evolution Canyon', Israel

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-46

  Nevo, Eviatar ^a   Bolshakova, Mariya A ^b   Martyn, Gennady I ^b   Musatenko, Ludmila I ^b   Sytnik, Konstatin M ^b   PavlíČek, Tomas ^a   Beharav, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b M G KHOLODNY INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; WOODY PLANT;

ISRAEL;

CERATONIA SILIQUA; OLEA EUROPAEA; PISTACIA LENTISCUS;

EID: 0034125171     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1092/RNPF-9HJE-8J3L-B5F1     Document Type: Article

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