Physiological differences explain the co-existence of different regeneration strategies in Mediterranean ecosystems

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1277-1288

  Vilagrosa, Alberto ^a   Hernández, Encarnación I ^a   Luis, Vanessa C ^a   Cochard, Hervé ^b,c   Pausas, Juli G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b PIAF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d Atmosphere and Ocean Laboratory   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Drought resistance; Fire; Mediterranean ecosystems; Plant functional traits; Regeneration syndrome; Resprouting; Xylem hydraulic characteristics

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CAVITATION; DROUGHT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FIRE; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; REGENERATION; REGENERATION SYNDROME; RESPROUTING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XYLEM; XYLEM HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTICS;

CAVITATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FIRE; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; REGENERATION SYNDROME; RESPROUTING; XYLEM HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTICS;

DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; REGENERATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84895066724     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12584     Document Type: Article

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