Growth versus storage: Responses of Mediterranean oak seedlings to changes in nutrient and water availabilities

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-210

  Sanz Pérez, Virginia ^a   Castro Díez, Pilar ^a   Valladares, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fertilization; N storage; Seedling growth; Starch storage; Water stress

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING; STARCH; STORAGE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

BALLOTA; ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA;

EID: 34547156141     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2006104     Document Type: Article

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