Functional traits and plasticity linked to seedlings' performance under shade and drought in Mediterranean woody species

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-311

  Sánchez Gómez, David ^a   Zavala, Miguel A ^a,b   Valladares, Fernando ^c,d  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservative resource use strategy; Leaf area ratio; Root shoot ratio; Seed size; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEMOGRAPHY; DROUGHT; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; IRRADIANCE; LEAF AREA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING; SHADING; SURVIVAL; WATER STRESS; WOODY PLANT;

ARBUTUS UNEDO; PISTACIA TEREBINTHUS; PISTACIA VERA; QUERCUS;

EID: 42249111882     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2008004     Document Type: Article

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