Comparative phenological and water potential patterns of three Calligonum species in the eastern great Erg of Tunisia

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 204, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 581-592

  Dhief, Adel ^a   Gorai, Mustapha ^a   Aschi Smiti, Samira ^b   Neffati, Mohamed ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Drought; Fruit production; Green branches; Phenological pattern; Phenophase; Water potentials

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; DUNE; FRUIT PRODUCTION; PHENOLOGY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

CALLIGONUM; CALLIGONUM COMOSUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLYGONACEAE;

EID: 70149084340     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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