<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Laureano, Raquel G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">García-Nogales, Ana</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seco, José I.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rodríguez, Jesús G. P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Linares, Juan C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Martínez, Feliciano</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Merino, José</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Growth and maintenance costs of leaves and roots in two populations of Quercus ilex native to distinct substrates</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant and Soil</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ecotypes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">evergreen leaves</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">growth respiration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">maintenance respiration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mediterranean species</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">root respiration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sclerophylly</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">soil stress</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.springerlink.com/index/10.1007/s11104-012-1296-2</style></url></web-urls></urls><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aims This work tests the hypothesis that growth and maintenance costs of plant organs are higher in more stressful soils. Methods Two populations of Quercus ilex L were selected in the southern Iberian Peninsula, these growing in similar climates but different soil types, namely a brown well-developed soil on slate rock, and a stressful lithosol on gypsum rock. In both localities, growth and maintenance respiration were measured in undetached young and mature leaves (trees under natural conditions) and fine roots (hydroponically grown seedling). Results Young leaves of the two populations displayed an almost identical growth cost (1.53 g glucose g -1 ). The maintenance cost was higher in the young (40.2 vs. 25.3 mg glucose g -1 day -1 ; P&lt;0.05) and in the mature (7.64 vs. 4.33 mg glucose g -1 day -1 ; P&lt;0.001) leaves of individuals growing in gypsum soils. The growth cost of fine roots was the same in both populations (1.18 g glucose g -1 ) while the maintenance cost was higher in the Gypsum population (8.95 vs. 7.39 mg glucose g -1 day -1 ; P&lt;0.01). Conclusions The results show for first time that the cost of organ maintenance may be related to the degree of soil stress in their native habitats.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gratani, Loretta</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ghia, Emanuela</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adaptive strategy at the leaf level of Arbutus unedo L. to cope with Mediterranean climate</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of …</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gas exchange</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">leaf area</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">leaf inclination</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">leaf lamina thickness</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">leaf-life span</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sclerophylly</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2002</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2002///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0367253004700274</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">197</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">275 - 284</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The adaptive strategy of Arbutus unedo L. under Mediterranean climate seemed to be due to the high leaf area (LA = 11.1 ± 0.1 cm2 ) increasing the potential capacity of light interception, the high leaf lamina thickness (L = 395 ± 10 µm) increasing the potential capacity for gas exchange, and the steeper leaf inclination at midday (α up to 63.9 ± 0.3°) determining 48% of reduction of incident radiation on a sloping leaf surface (RI), which could be a prevention mechanism against the potential photoinhibition of water-stressed leaves during drought. Nevertheless, during the drought period the photosynthetic activity and the water use efficiency (WUE) of A. unedo were strongly reduced (≥ than 50% of the maximum). Principal component analysis (PCA) underlined the higher similarity of A. unedo and Quercus ilex L. from a physiological point of view (photosynthetic rates PN , transpiration rates E, stomatal conductance gs , sub-stomatal CO2 concentration Ci ) and for leaf inclination, and with Cistus incanus L. from a phenological (leaf-life span) and structural point of view (specific leaf area SLA and leaf tissue density LTD), for leaf temperature (Tl ) and for leaf water status (leaf water potential at midday Ψmin and relative water content RWC). Therefore A. unedo might be considered in the borderline between drought semi-deciduous species and evergreen sclerophyllous species.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bussotti, Filippo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Borghini, Francesca</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Celesti, Carlo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leonzio, Claudio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bruschi, Piero</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leaf morphology and macronutrients in broadleaved trees in central Italy</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trees</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fagus sylvatica</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">macronutrients</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus cerris</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sclerophylly</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.springerlink.com/index/10.1007/s004680000056</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">361 - 368</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">As part of an intensive monitoring programme (MON.I.TO, Intensive Monitoring of Forests in Tuscany), a 3-year survey was carried out, which included three tree species (beech, Fagus sylvatica L.; Turkey oak, Quercus cerris L.; holm-oak, Quercus ilex L.) located at six different sites. Leaves were sampled annually and analysed for nutrient concentrations (nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, potassium and sodium) and morphological parameters (leaf area, dry weight, leaf mass per area, leaf thickness and leaf density). Results indicated considerable interannual variation of all the parameters. Differences between sampling sites indicated that, of all parameters measured, leaf mass per area could explain best the differences in field performance under conditions of stress. In fact, leaf mass per area was greater in the drier sites or when sea salt deposition occurred. Nevertheless, the variation of leaf mass per area over the 3 years did not reflect the differences in rainfall. Higher leaf mass per area was accompanied by lower concentrations of phosphorus and nitrogen, which could be a dilution effect due to an increase of structural carbon compounds in sclerophyllous leaves, as revealed by the total foliar content of these elements. Leaf mass per area as a measure of sclerophylly reached very high values among mesophile vegetation. Long-range transport of sea salt from coastal areas to mountain areas was mirrored in sodium concentrations of leaves.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7</style></issue></record></records></xml>