Phenology and growth dynamics in Mediterranean evergreen oaks: Effects of environmental conditions and water relations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 500-508

  Pinto, C A ^a   Henriques, M O ^b,c   Figueiredo, J P ^a   David, J S ^b,c   Abreu, F G ^b   Pereira, J S ^b,c   Correia, I ^a,c   David, T S ^a,c  

^a Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biologicos   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Budburst; Photoperiod; Predawn leaf water potential; Shoot elongation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; BASE TEMPERATURE; BUDBURST; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CUMULATIVE RAINFALL; DAILY TEMPERATURES; DRY SEASONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH DYNAMICS; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; MEDITERRANEAN OAK; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOPERIOD; PORTUGAL; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX; SHOOT ELONGATION; SHOOT GROWTH; SITE LOCATION; TOP SOILS; UNDERLYING MECHANISM; WATER RELATIONS; WATER STATUS; WATER STRESS;

BIOLOGY; ELONGATION; FORESTRY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON BALANCE; DATA SET; DRY SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPSOIL; WATER STRESS; WOODLAND;

BIOLOGY; CLIMATES; ELONGATION; EXTRACTIVES; FORESTRY; PLANTS; TEMPERATURE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PORTUGAL;

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 79958040414     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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