Reproductive output in Mediterranean shrubs under climate change experimentally induced by drought and warming

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 319-327

  del Cacho, Montserrat ^a,b   Peñuelas, Josep ^a,c   Lloret, Francisco ^a,b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flowering; Fruit production; Plant reproduction; Seed set; Shrubland

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

DORYCNIUM PENTAPHYLLUM; ERICA MULTIFLORA; HELIANTHEMUM SYRIACUM;

EID: 84888052223     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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