Diverging drought-tolerance strategies explain tree species distribution along a fog-dependent moisture gradient in a temperate rain forest

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 625-635

  Negret, Beatriz Salgado ^a,b   Pérez, Fernanda ^a,b   Markesteijn, Lars ^c   Castillo, Mylthon Jiménez ^d   Armesto, Juan J ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fog dependent forest; Local water gradient; Plant hydraulic traits; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; FOG; MOISTURE CONTENT; OSMOSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINFOREST; SEMIARID REGION; TOLERANCE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHILE;

AEXTOXICON PUNCTATUM; DRIMYS; DRIMYS WINTERI; MYRCEUGENIA;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILE; DEMOGRAPHY; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PRESSURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; WEATHER; WIND;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILE; DEMOGRAPHY; DROUGHTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PRESSURE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 84885927397     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2650-7     Document Type: Article

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