Variation in growth responses to availability of water in Cistus albidus populations from different habitats

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 817-829

  Grant, Olga M ^a,c   Incoll, Lynton D ^a   McNeilly, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecophysiology; Leaf dimensions; Mediterranean vegetation; Plasticity; Selection; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; PLASTICITY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEED;

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LEAF DIMENSIONS; MEDITERRANEAN VEGETATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GROWTH RESPONSE; PLASTICITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

IRRIGATION; PLANTS; PLASTICITY; PRECIPITATION; SEEDS; SELECTION;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

CISTUS; CISTUS ALBIDUS;

EID: 26444526692     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP05020     Document Type: Article

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