Differential drought resistance of two Mediterranean oaks growing in the Bekaa Valley (Lebanon)

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 91-99

  Salleo, Sebastiano ^a   Pitt, Franco ^a   Nardini, Andrea ^a   Hamzé, Mouin ^b   Jomaa, Ihab ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Leaf water potential; Mediterranean area; Quercus calliprinos; Quercus infectoria; Reforestation; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS; QUERCUS CALLIPRINOS; QUERCUS INFECTORIA;

EID: 0036215317     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500212331358551     Document Type: Article

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