No evidence of a trade-off between drought and shade tolerance in seedlings of six coastal desert shrub species in north-central Chile

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1051-1061

  Martínez Tillería, Karina ^a   Loayza, Andrea P ^a   Sandquist, Darren R ^b   Squeo, Francisco A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atacama desert; Biomass allocation; Centaurea chilensis; Encelia canescens; Flourensia thurifera; Haplopappus parvifolius; LMR; Pleocarphus revolutus; RGR; Seedling performance; Senna cumingii; SLA

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA; LIGHT EFFECT; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SCRUB; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

CENTAUREA; ENCELIA CANESCENS; FLOURENSIA THURIFERA; HAPLOPAPPUS; SENNA;

EID: 84869088606     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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