Environmental drivers of mast-seeding in Mediterranean oak species: Does leaf habit matter?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 691-700

  Pérez Ramos, Ignacio M ^a   Padilla Díaz, Carmen M ^a   Koenig, Walter D ^b   Marañón, Teodoro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Functional strategies; Phenology; Plant climate interactions; Quercus canariensis; Quercus suber; Recruitment; Synchrony; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COEXISTENCE; DICOTYLEDON; LITERATURE REVIEW; MASTING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

SPAIN;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS CANARIENSIS; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84927672702     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12400     Document Type: Article

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