<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>3</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gratani, L</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bombelli, A</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Visconti, G and Beniston, M and Iannorelli, ED and Barba, D</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forecasted stability of Mediterranean evergreen species considering global changes</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GLOBAL CHANGE AND PROTECTED AREAS</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">C. incanus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">leaf life span</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">P. latifolia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Q. ilex</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SPRINGER</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 17, 3300 AA DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">245-252</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0-7923-6918-1</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant communities of the Mediterranean climate Regions are exposed to&lt;br/&gt;high temperatures, high radiation and water stress during summer, they&lt;br/&gt;are dominated by evergreen sclerophyllous species and drought semi&lt;br/&gt;deciduous species. To define the adaptive strategies, anatomical and&lt;br/&gt;morphological leaf traits of Quercus ilex L., Phillyrea latifolia L.&lt;br/&gt;(typical evergreen sclerophyllous species) and Cistus incanus L., (a&lt;br/&gt;drought semi deciduous species), growing in the Mediterranean maquis&lt;br/&gt;along Pome's coast line (Italy) were analysed. The typical evergreen&lt;br/&gt;sclerophyllous species have long leaf life span (from 1 to 4 years),&lt;br/&gt;steeper leaf inclination (average 56 degrees), higher specific leaf mass&lt;br/&gt;(average 21.3 mg cm(-2)) and the highest leaf thickness (average 324&lt;br/&gt;mum). The semi deciduous species have a lower leaf life span (from 4 to&lt;br/&gt;8 months), a lower leaf inclination (44 degrees +/- 13 degrees), a lower&lt;br/&gt;specific leaf mass (14.7 +/-1.5 mg cm(-2)) and a lower leaf thickness&lt;br/&gt;(244 +/- 15 mum). The more xeromorphyc species (Q. ilex and P.&lt;br/&gt;latifolia) may be at a competitive advantage considering the forecasted&lt;br/&gt;air temperature increase in the Mediterranean basin. Increasing drought&lt;br/&gt;stress may in fact determine a shortening of leaf life span that may&lt;br/&gt;prove to be critical for C. incanus. Knowledge of plant response to&lt;br/&gt;stress factors is important in the perspective of climatic changes.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Meeting on Global Change and Protected Areas, LAQUILA, ITALY, SEP, 1999</style></notes><research-notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Meeting on Global Change and Protected Areas, LAQUILA, ITALY, SEP, 1999</style></research-notes></record></records></xml>