Morphological and physiological acclimation of Quercus coccifera L. seedlings to water availability and growing medium

New Forests

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 363-381

  Verdaguer, Dolors ^a   Vilagran, Joaquim ^a   Lloansi, Sara ^b   Fleck, Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Seedling quality; Soil acclimation; Soil mechanical impedance; Soil texture; Soil volumetric water content

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS RATIO; CARBON AVAILABILITY; CARBON ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION; DEFICIT IRRIGATION; DEGREE OF HARDENING; DROUGHT STRESS; FIRST YEAR; HIGH GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATED SEEDLINGS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NATURAL SOILS; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS; PLANT WATER; QUERCUS; SEEDLING QUALITY; SOIL MECHANICAL IMPEDANCE; SOIL TEXTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TERRA ROSSA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WELL-WATERED PLANTS;

ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

SEED;

ACCLIMATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH RATE; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHYTOMASS; REFORESTATION; SHRUB; SOIL TEXTURE; SURVIVAL; TERRA ROSSA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

QUERCUS COCCIFERA;

EID: 80054000763     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-011-9257-9     Document Type: Article

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