The functional morphology of juvenile plants tolerant of strong summer drought in shaded forest understories in southern Spain

Plant Ecology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-163

  Sack, Lawren ^a,c   Grubb, Peter J ^a   Marañón, Teodoro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Drought tolerance; Quercus rotundifolia; Quercus suber; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; SHADE TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF; UNDERSTORY;

SPAIN;

CERATONIA; CERATONIA SILIQUA; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; HYPOGLOSSUM; PEREGRINA; PHILLYREA; PHILLYREA LATIFOLIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS SUBER; RUBIA; RUBIA PEREGRINA; RUSCUS; RUSCUS ACULEATUS; RUSCUS HYPOGLOSSUM; SILIQUA; SMILAX ARISTOLOCHIIFOLIA; SMILAX ASPERA; VIBURNUM; VIBURNUM TINUS;

EID: 0041663696     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024423820136     Document Type: Article

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