Summer freezing resistance: a critical filter for plant community assemblies in Mediterranean high mountains

Assessing freezing community response and whether freezing resistance is related to other functional traits is essential for understanding alpine community assemblages, particularly in Mediterranean environments where plants are exposed to freezing temperatures and summer droughts. Thus, we characte...

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Main Authors: David Sánchez Pescador, Angela eSierra-Almeida, Pablo Jesús eTorres, Adrián eEscudero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.00194/full