Morphological and phenological shoot plasticity in a Mediterranean evergreen oak facing long-term increased drought

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 565-577

  Limousin, Jean Marc ^a,b   Rambal, Serge ^a   Ourcival, Jean Marc ^a   Rodríguez Calcerrada, Jesus ^a   Pérez Ramos, Ignacio M ^c   Rodríguez Cortina, Raquel ^a   Misson, Laurent ^a   Joffre, Richard ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allometry; Leaf area; Leaf demography; Litterfall; Shoot growth

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DROUGHT STRESS; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF AREA; LIFE CYCLE; LITTERFALL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SHOOT; THROUGHFALL; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84861189822     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2221-8     Document Type: Article

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