Plasticity and stress tolerance override local adaptation in the responses of Mediterranean holm oak seedlings to drought and cold

Tree Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-98

  Gimeno, Teresa E ^a   Pas, Beatriz ^a   Lemos Filho, Jos P ^b   Valladares, Fernando ^a,c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Quercus ilex; Thermal tolerance; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COLD; DROUGHT; FREEZING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEAT; NUT; OAK; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; DROUGHTS; FREEZING; GENETIC VARIATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; NUTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUERCUS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES; WATER;

EID: 63049100094     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpn007     Document Type: Article

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