Root architecture and hydraulic conductance in nutrient deprived Pistacia lentiscus L. seedlings

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 899-908

  Trubat, Roman ^a,b   Cortina, Jordi ^a,b   Vilagrosa, Alberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nutrient availability; Root junctions; Root topology; SRL; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING; SHRUB; WATER STRESS; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

PISTACIA LENTISCUS;

EID: 84869088146     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2380-2     Document Type: Article

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