Foliar morphological variation in the white oak Quercus rugosa Née (Fagaceae) along a latitudinal gradient in Mexico: Potential implications for management and conservation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2121-2126

  Uribe Salas, Dolores ^a,b   Sáenz Romero, Cuauhtémoc ^b   González Rodríguez, Antonio ^a   Téllez Valdéz, Oswaldo ^c   Oyama, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Annual moisture index; Foliar morphological variation; Leaf size; Phenotypic cline; Quercus rugosa; Seed zoning

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; MICROCOMPUTERS; NEON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL MOISTURE INDEX; FOLIAR MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION; LEAF SIZE; PHENOTYPIC CLINE; QUERCUS RUGOSA; SEED ZONING;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION; ARIDITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

FAGACEAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUGOSA;

EID: 55849086896     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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