Leaf physiological responses to extreme droughts in Mediterranean Quercus ilex forest

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1898-1910

  Misson, Laurent ^a   Limousin, Jean Marc ^a,b   Rodriguez, Raquel ^a   Letts, Matthew G ^c  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Maximum carboxylation rate; Mesophyll conductance; Photosynthesis; Rainfall exclusion; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOLIAGE; LEAF; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAINFALL; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ARTICLE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; OAK; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; SEASON; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TREE;

DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; QUERCUS; SEASONS; TREES; WATER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 77958536447     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02193.x     Document Type: Article

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