Winter is coming: plant freezing resistance as a key functional trait for the assembly of annual Mediterranean communities | Zendy

David S. Pescador | Zendy; Ana M. Sánchez | Zendy; Arántzazu L. Luzuriaga | Zendy; Ángela Sierra-Almeida | Zendy; Adrián Escudero | Zendy

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Winter is coming: plant freezing resistance as a key functional trait for the assembly of annual Mediterranean communities

Author(s) -

David S. Pescador,

Ana M. Sánchez,

Arántzazu L. Luzuriaga,

Ángela Sierra-Almeida,

Adrián Escudero

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcx166

Subject(s) - biology , mediterranean climate , abiotic component , resistance (ecology) , ecology , herbivore , annual plant , agronomy , botany

In Mediterranean annual plants, germination mainly occurs during the autumn and only those seedlings that survive winter freezing can flower and produce seedlings in spring. Surprisingly, the effect of freezing events as an abiotic determinant of these communities remains unexplored. The present study aimed to investigate how freezing events affect annual Mediterranean communities and whether their functional structure as related to freezing resistance is linked to the main biotic and abiotic determinants of these communities.

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