Functional and evolutionary correlations of steep leaf angles in the mexical shrubland

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-33

  Valiente Banuet, Alfonso ^a   Verdú, Miguel ^b,c   Valladares, Fernando ^d,e   García Fayos, Patricio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b Atmosphere and Ocean Laboratory   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mexical; Phylogeny; Stress avoidance; Tehuac n Cuicatl n Valley; Water potentials

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; DRY SEASON; ENERGY BALANCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; SHRUBLAND; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER STRESS; WOODY PLANT;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EVOLUTION; MEXICO; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TEHUACAN-CUICATLAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE;

EID: 77951025859     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1520-9     Document Type: Article

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