Differential impact of hotter drought on seedling performance of five ecologically distinct pine species

Plant Ecology

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 201-212

  Matías, Luis ^a,b   Castro, Jorge ^c   Villar Salvador, Pedro ^d   Quero, José L ^e   Jump, Alistair S ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^f CREAF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecophysiology; Growth; Pinus; Regeneration; Warming; Water potential

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PINUS UNCINATA;

EID: 84994462636     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-016-0677-7     Document Type: Article

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