Post-fire environments are favourable for plant functioning of seeder and resprouter Mediterranean shrubs, even under drought

New Phytologist

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1118-1131

  Parra, Antonio ^a   Moreno, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cistus; climate change; drought; Erica; fire; Phillyrea; rainfall manipulation; rainout shelter

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FIRE HISTORY; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAF AREA; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGENERATION; SHRUBLAND; VULNERABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

CISTUS; CISTUS LADANIFER; ERICA; ERICA ARBOREA; PHILLYREA; PHILLYREA ANGUSTIFOLIA; SCOPARIA;

CARBON; RAIN; WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; FIRE; GAS; HUMIDITY; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASON; SHOOT; SOIL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON ISOTOPES; DROUGHTS; FIRES; GASES; HUMIDITY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUNLIGHT; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER;

EID: 85013807497     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.14454     Document Type: Article

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