Twig morphology and anatomy of Mediterranean trees and shrubs related to drought tolerance

Botanica Helvetica

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-148

  de Micco, Veronica ^a   Aronne, Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive strategies; Allometric relationships; Biomass allocation; Biometry; Mediterranean environments; Water availability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ALLOMETRY; ANATOMY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BIOMETRY; DROUGHT STRESS; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SHRUB; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 72149089295     PISSN: 02531453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-008-0860-0     Document Type: Article

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