Functional ecology of a narrow endemic plant and a widespread congener from semiarid Spain

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 784-794

  Matesanz, S ^a   Valladares, F ^a,b   Escudero, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecophysiological performance; Environmental gradient; Phenotypic variation; Rare and widespread species; Spatial pattern; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RARITY; SEMIARID REGION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS LOSCOSII; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 67349150143     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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