Suites of plant traits in species from different stages of a Mediterranean secondary succession

Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 183-196

  Navas, M L ^a   Roumet, C ^a   Bellmann, A ^a   Laurent, G ^a   Garnier, E ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

CSR strategies; Plant traits; Resource acquisition; Resource conservation; Succession; Vegetative phenology; Water economy

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GROWING SEASON; HERB; LEAF AREA; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; RESOURCE USE; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHRUB; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; TREE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; SEEDS; TREES; WATER; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

FRANCE;

EID: 77952490141     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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