Rapid root extension during water pulses enhances establishment of shrub seedlings in the Atacama Desert

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-129

  León, Mario F ^a   Squeo, Francisco A ^a   Gutiérrez, Julio R ^a   Holmgren, Milena ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystem; Biomass allocation; ENSO; Mediterranean; Plant functional trait; Rainfall; Seedling recruitment; Senna cumingii; Water pulse

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DICOTYLEDON; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GROWTH RATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); ROOT ARCHITECTURE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

SENNA;

EID: 78651362074     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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