Population differences in juvenile survival under increasing drought are mediated by seed size in cork oak (Quercus suber L.)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1676-1683

  Ramirez Valiente J A ^a   Valladares, F ^c,d   Gil, L ^b   Aranda, I ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b Laboratory of Applied Geology   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acorn size; Climate change; Drought; Populations; Quercus suber

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ACORN SIZE; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CORK OAKS; DRY CONDITIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; IBERIAN PENINSULAS; MORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATIONS; QUERCUS SUBER; SEED SIZES; SEEDLING SURVIVALS; STRESS RESISTANCES; SUMMER DROUGHTS; SURVIVAL RATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 62049083282     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.024     Document Type: Article

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