Contrasting water strategies of two Mediterranean shrubs of limited distribution: Uncertain future under a drier climate

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1284-1295

  Lázaro Nogal, Ana ^a   Forner, Alicia ^a   Traveset, Anna ^b   Valladares, Fernando ^a,c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

climate change; drought; limited range species; phenotypic plasticity; stomatal conductance; water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTICITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SUMMER; VULNERABILITY; WATER;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LIMITED-RANGE SPECIES; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; RHAMNUS; RUTACEAE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; LIMITED-RANGE SPECIES; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; RHAMNUS; RUTACEAE; WATER;

EID: 84891535677     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt103     Document Type: Article

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