Physiological adjustments of a Mediterranean shrub to long-term experimental warming and drought treatments

Plant Science

Volumn 252, Issue , 2016, Pages 53-61

  Liu, Daijun ^a,b   Llusia, Joan ^a,b   Ogaya, Romà ^a,b   Estiarte, Marc ^a,b   Llorens, Laura ^c   Yang, Xiaohong ^d   Peñuelas, Josep ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Frequent droughts; Global warming; Long term experiments; Physiological response; Plant acclimation

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ERICACEAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ERICACEAE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84978485856     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: 18732259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.07.004     Document Type: Article

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