Tertiary relict trees in a Mediterranean climate: Abiotic constraints on the persistence of Prunus lusitanica at the eroding edge of its range

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1425-1435

  Pulido, Fernando ^a   Valladares, Fernando ^b   Calleja, Juan Antonio ^c   Moreno, Gerardo ^a   González Bornay, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic constraints; Climatic oscillations; Drought tolerance; Habitat shift; Peripheral populations; Rear edge; Shade tolerance; Tertiary relicts

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; GAS EXCHANGE; IRRADIANCE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PERSISTENCE; REFUGE; RELICT SPECIES; SHADE TOLERANCE; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS LUSITANICA;

EID: 47949088237     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01898.x     Document Type: Article

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