Tradeoffs between functional strategies for resource-use and drought-survival in Mediterranean rangeland species

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-136

  Pérez Ramos, Ignacio M ^a   Volaire, Florence ^b   Fattet, Matthias ^a   Blanchard, Alain ^a   Roumet, Catherine ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Aerial senescence; Dehydration avoidance; Dehydration tolerance; Functional traits; Root elongation

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; HERB; LEAF; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIMITING FACTOR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONOCULTURE; PERENNIAL PLANT; RANGELAND; RESOURCE USE; ROOT SYSTEM; SEDGE; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; TRANSPLANTATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER UPTAKE;

EID: 84875067113     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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