Modulation of relative growth rate and its components by water stress in Mediterranean species with different growth forms

Oecologia

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-31

  Galmés, Jeroni ^a   Cifre, Josep ^a   Medrano, Hipólito ^a   Flexas, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic endemics; Drought; Leaf area ratio; Net assimilation rate; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

WATER;

GROWTH FORM; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEEDLING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANGIOSPERMS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 26044482676     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0106-4     Document Type: Article

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