Climate-dependent variations in leaf respiration in a dry-land, low productivity Mediterranean forest: The importance of acclimation in both high-light and shaded habitats

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 172-184

  Zaragoza Castells, Joana ^a   Sánchez Gómez, David ^b   Hartley, Iain P ^c   Matesanz, Silvia ^d   Valladares, Fernando ^d,e   Lloyd, Jon ^f   Atkin, Owen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought; Irradiance; Leaf; Respiration; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; GROWTH; HABITAT; IRRADIANCE; LEAF; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BALLOTA; ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 38149137246     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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