Tolerance to shade, drought, and waterlogging of temperate northern hemisphere trees and shrubs

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 521-547

  Niinemets, Ülo ^a,b   Valladares, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Functional plant type; Intercontinental comparisons; Phylogeny; Shade tolerance; Trade offs; Waterlogging tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CORRELATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; GYMNOSPERM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHYLOGENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHRUB; SPECIES POOL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATERLOGGING;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; WEST ASIA;

GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; QUERCUS;

EID: 33845299841     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 00129615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2006)076[0521:TTSDAW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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