Field patterns of leaf plasticity in adults of the long-lived evergreen Quercus coccifera

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 325-334

  Rubio De Casas, Rafael ^a,b   Vargas, Pablo ^b   Pérez Corona, Esther ^a   Manrique, Esteban ^c   Quintana, José Ramón ^a   García Verdugo, Carlos ^a,b   Balaguer, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat modification; Habitat selection; Leaf morphology; Niche construction; Phenotypic plasticity; Population divergence; Resprouter; Within crown division of labour; Xanthophylls

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN TREE; HABITAT SELECTION; LABOR DIVISION; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OAK; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PORTUGAL; QUERCUS; SPAIN;

QUERCUS COCCIFERA;

EID: 34547778858     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm112     Document Type: Article

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