The combined impacts of deep shade and drought on the growth and biomass allocation of shade-tolerant woody seedlings

Oecologia

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-185

  Sack, Lawren ^a,b   Grubb, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf nutrients; Mediterranean climate; Plasticity; Red: far red ratio; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT QUALITY; SHADE TOLERANCE; WOODY PLANT;

FESTUCA; FESTUCA RUBRA; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; LANTANA; VIBURNUM; VIBURNUM LANTANA; VIBURNUM OPULUS; VIBURNUM TINUS;

EID: 0036933398     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0873-0     Document Type: Article

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