Increase in size and nitrogen concentration enhances seedling survival in Mediterranean plantations. Insights from an ecophysiological conceptual model of plant survival

New Forests

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 755-770

  Villar Salvador, Pedro ^a   Puértolas, Jaime ^b,c   Cuesta, Bárbara ^a   Peñuelas, Juan L ^b   Uscola, Mercedes ^a   Heredia Guerrero, Norberto ^a   Rey Benayas, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Alimentación y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Drought stress; Fertilization; Forest plantation; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Photosynthesis; Plant quality; Remobilization; Root growth

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; FERTILIZATION; FOREST PLANTATION; PLANT QUALITY; REMOBILIZATION; ROOT GROWTH;

CARBOHYDRATES; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; TISSUE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ADAPTATION; CARBOHYDRATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GROWTH; MORTALITY; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTATION; REMOBILIZATION; SEEDLING; SIZE STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; WATER STRESS;

CARBOHYDRATES; DROUGHT; FERTILIZATION; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTATIONS; TISSUE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84865432472     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-012-9328-6     Document Type: Article

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