Environmental constraints on phenology and internal nutrient cycling in the mediterranean winter-deciduous shrub Amelanchier ovalis Medicus

Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-189

  Milla, R ^a   Castro Diez P ^b   Maestro Martinez M ^a   Montserrat Marti G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amelanchier ovalis; Mediterranean climate; Nutrient retention time; Phenology; Winter deciduous

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT USE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; ROSACEAE; SEASON; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; RAIN; ROSACEAE; SEASONS;

AMELANCHIER;

EID: 17644364431     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-837469     Document Type: Article

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