Effects of moderate shade and irrigation with eutrophicated water on the nitrogen economy of Mediterranean oak seedlings

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-253

  Castro Díez, Pilar ^a   Navarro, Javier ^a   Maestro, Melchor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deciduous tree; Drought stress; Evergreen tree; Leaf shedding; Quercus; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; EUTROPHICATION; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RESPONSE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; IRRIGATION; LIGHT EFFECT; NITROGEN; SEEDLING; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

BALLOTA; ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; QUERCUS FAGINEA; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 41649107971     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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