Adaptive vs. plastic ecophysiological responses in dry montane habitats: Nothofagus pumilio, the tree that took over the Southern Andes;Respuestas ecofisiológicas adaptativas y plásticas en ambientes secos de montaña: Nothofagus pumilio, el árbol que acaparó los andes australes

Ecologia Austral

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-269

  Premoli, Andrea C ^a   Mathiasen, Paula ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Climate change; Ecophysiology; Patagonia; Reciprocal transplant

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; HETEROGENEITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEASONALITY; SELECTION;

ANDES; PATAGONIA;

EID: 83455185985     PISSN: 03275477     EISSN: 1667782X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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