Ecophysiological response to severe drought in Pinus halepensis Mill. trees of two provenances

Plant Ecology

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 15-22

  Atzmon, Nir ^a   Moshe, Yossi ^a   Schiller, Gabriel ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Ecotypes genotypes; Global climate change; Selection

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ASIA; COASTAL PLAIN; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 3042850084     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000029371.44518.38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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