Microclimatic conditions and plant morpho-physiological development within a tree shelter environment during establishment of Quercus ilex seedlings

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 58-72

  Oliet, Juan A ^a   Jacobs, Douglass F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Holm oak; Photosynthesis; Vapor pressure deficit; Water stress

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EVERGREEN TREE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROCLIMATE; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHELTER; WATER STRESS; WATER VAPOR;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 34047125714     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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