Differential light responses of Mediterranean tree saplings: Linking ecophysiology with regeneration niche in four co-occurring species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 947-958

  Gómez Aparicio, Lorena ^a,b   Valladares, Fernando ^c   Zamora, Regino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acer opalus subsp. granatense; Photoinhibition; Photosynthetic light response; Pinus nigra; Quercus ilex; Quercus pyrenaica; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; TREE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACER; ACER OPALUS; ILEX; PINUS NIGRA; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 33746818811     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.7.947     Document Type: Article

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