Fertilization regime interacts with fall temperature in the nursery to determine the frost and drought tolerance of the Mediterranean oak Quercus ilex subsp. ballota

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 331, Issue , 2014, Pages 50-59

  Heredia Guerrero, Norberto ^a   Oliet, Juan A ^b   Villar Salvador, Pedro ^a   Benito, Luis F ^c   Peñuelas, Juan L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Alimentación y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cold acclimation; Hardening; Nitrogen; Nutrient loading; Osmotic potential; Soluble carbohydrate

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; DROUGHT; ELONGATION; HARDENING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SEED;

COLD ACCLIMATIONS; DROUGHT AND COLD TOLERANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NUTRIENT LOADING; OSMOTIC POTENTIAL; QUERCUS ILEX SUBSP. BALLOTA; SOLUBLE CARBOHYDRATES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; DROUGHT TOLERANCES; MEDITERRANEAN OAK;

LOADING; HARDENING;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROUGHT STRESS; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GROWTH RESPONSE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SEEDLING; SURVIVORSHIP; TREE; ACCLIMATION; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOHYDRATE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FROST HARDINESS; NITROGEN; OSMOSIS; SHOOT GROWTH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSPLANTATION;

BALLOTA; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84906277336     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.07.022     Document Type: Article

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