Pronounced drought tolerance characterizes the early life stages of the epiphytic bromeliad Tillandsia flexuosa

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 472-479

  Bader, Maaike Y ^a   Menke, Gabriele ^a   Zotz, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drought hardening; Epiphyte; Germination; Regeneration niche; Seedling growth; Stress tolerance; Xerophyte

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; DRY FOREST; EPIPHYTE; GERMINATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONOCOTYLEDON; NICHE; REGENERATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; TOLERANCE;

TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA FASCICULATA; TILLANDSIA FLEXUOSA; XEROPHYTA;

EID: 66149175836     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01547.x     Document Type: Article

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