Photoinhibition and drought in Mediterranean woody saplings: Scaling effects and interactions in sun and shade phenotypes

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 411, 2005, Pages 483-494

  Valladares, Fernando ^a   Dobarro, Iker ^a   Sánchez Gómez, David ^a   Pearcy, Robert W ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon gain; Crown architecture; Facilitation; Forest regeneration; Global change; Interactions between stresses; Phenotypic plasticity; Photoinhibition; Succession; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORESCENCE; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REDUCTION; SUN; WATER CONSERVATION;

FOREST REGENERATION; GAS EXCHANGE; PHOTOINHIBITION; SHADE PHENOTYPES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

WATER;

ADAPTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; OAK; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PISTACHIO; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOIL; SUNLIGHT; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PISTACIA; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; SOIL; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

CHLOROPHYLLS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAPLINGS; SUN LIGHT;

ILEX; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; PISTACIA TEREBINTHUS; PISTACIA VERA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 13944259768     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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