Vulnerability to cavitation, hydraulic efficiency, growth and survival in an insular pine (Pinus canariensis)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1167-1179

  López, Rosana ^a   López De Heredia, Unai ^a   Collada, Carmen ^a   Cano, Francisco Javier ^a   Emerson, Brent C ^b   Cochard, Hervé ^c,d   Gil, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c PIAF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

common garden; drought; fitness; genetic differentiation; hydraulic conductivity; phenotypic plasticity; Pinus canariensis; selection; trade off; vulnerability to cavitation

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CAVITATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIVERGENCE; DROUGHT; FITNESS; GARDEN; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF AREA; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; VULNERABILITY; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMMON GARDEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; FITNESS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PINUS CANARIENSIS; SELECTION; TRADE-OFF; VULNERABILITY TO CAVITATION; XYLEM;

COMMON GARDEN; DROUGHT; FITNESS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PINUS CANARIENSIS; SELECTION; TRADE-OFF; VULNERABILITY TO CAVITATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; PHENOTYPE; PINUS; SELECTION, GENETIC; WATER; XYLEM;

PINUS CANARIENSIS;

EID: 84878317363     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct084     Document Type: Article

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