Plant water relations and edaphoclimatic conditions affecting acorn production in a holm oak (Quercus ilex L. ssp. ballota) open woodland

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-308

  Carevic, F S ^a   Fernandez M ^a   Alejano, R ^a   Vazquez Pique J ^a   Tapias, R ^a   Corral, E ^a   Domingo, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acorn production; Cuticular transpiration; Land use; Pressure volume curves; Soil treatments; Water potential

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DECIDUOUS TREE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PLOWING; SEED PRODUCTION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSPIRATION; WOODLAND; XYLEM;

SPAIN;

BALLOTA; ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 77649340557     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-009-9245-7     Document Type: Article

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