Climatic origins predict variation in photoprotective leaf pigments in response to drought and low temperatures in live oaks (Quercus series Virentes)

Tree Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 521-534

  Ramírez Valiente, Jose A ^a   Koehler, Kari ^a,b   Cavender Bares, Jeannine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Two Twelve Medical Center Ridgeview Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

anthocyanins; climatic gradient; clinal variation; cold response; drought response; physiological adaptation; red leaves; xanthophyll cycle

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TOLERANCE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT; GENETIC VARIATION; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PIGMENT; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS FUSIFORMIS; QUERCUS GEMINATA; QUERCUS OLEOIDES; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA;

ANTHOCYANIN; CHLOROPHYLL; PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; DROUGHT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NORTH AMERICA; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTHOCYANINS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TEMPERATURE; DROUGHTS; GENETIC VARIATION; NORTH AMERICA; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84930786878     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv032     Document Type: Article

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