Comparative photochemical and phenomorphological responses to winter stress of an evergreen (Quercus ilex L.) and a semi-deciduous (Cistus albidus L.) Mediterranean woody species

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-107

  Oliveira, Graça ^a   Peñuelas, Josep ^a  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Evergreens; Leaf characteristics; Mediterranean winter; Phenology; Photoinhibition; Semi deciduous

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; WINTER; WOODY PLANT;

SPAIN;

CISTUS ALBIDUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 0343963107     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(00)00121-1     Document Type: Article

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