Facilitation promotes changes in leaf economics traits of a perennial forb

Oecologia

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 103-116

  García Cervigón, Ana I ^a   Linares, Juan Carlos ^b   Aibar, Pablo ^a   Olano, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Functional traits; Intraspecific trait variation; Leaf economics spectrum; Mediterranean high mountains; Plant plant interactions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN; NURSE PLANT; PERENNIAL PLANT;

HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS SABINA;

CARBON;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELLEBORUS; JUNIPERUS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CARBON; DROUGHTS; ENVIRONMENT; HELLEBORUS; JUNIPERUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84940718257     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3312-8     Document Type: Article

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