Acclimation of leaf cohorts expanded under light and water stresses: An adaptive mechanism of Eucryphia cordifolia to face changes in climatic conditions?

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1305-1320

  Morales, Loreto V ^a   Coopman, Rafael E ^a   Rojas, Roke ^a   Escandón, Antonio B ^b   Flexas, Jaume ^c   Galmés, Jeroni ^c   García Plazaola, José I ^d   Gago, Jorge ^c   Cabrera, Hernán M ^e   Corcuera, Luis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE ECOLOGÍA APLICADA LTDA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Foliar development; Multiple stresses; Polytolerance dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ANATOMY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE EFFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWING SEASON; LEAF; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFOREST; WATER STRESS;

CHILE;

EUCRYPHIA CORDIFOLIA;

WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANGIOSPERM; CHILE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DARKNESS; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TREE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANGIOSPERMS; CHILE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DARKNESS; DROUGHTS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84923377378     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu085     Document Type: Article

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