Southeastern Rear Edge Populations of Quercus suber L. Showed Two Alternative Strategies to Cope with Water Stress
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Material and Experimental Conditions
2.2. Pressure–Volume Relationships
2.3. Proline Concentration
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Population | Code | Latitude | Longitude | Altitude (m a.s.l.) | P (mm) | T (°C) | MAI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dar Fatma | DF | 36.82° N | 8.77° E | 710 | 1361 | 14.4 | 55.9 |
Echihia (Ain Zana) | E | 36.79° N | 8.74° E | 850 | 1355 | 14.7 | 55.0 |
El Feija | EF | 36.77° N | 8.65° E | 800 | 1289 | 15.2 | 51.2 |
Babouch | Bab | 36.80° N | 8.68° E | 277 | 1121 | 15.9 | 43.3 |
Megen Sef | MS | 36.77° N | 8.78° E | 548 | 1077 | 15.5 | 42.3 |
Beni Mtir | BM | 36.73° N | 8.73° E | 650 | 1014 | 15.7 | 39.4 |
Jebel Khroufa (Ouchtata) | O | 36.93° N | 8.943° E | 200 | 1031 | 16.2 | 39.4 |
Jebel Jouza | JJ | 36.83° N | 8.99° E | 540 | 1013 | 15.8 | 39.2 |
Aïn Snoussi | AS | 36.82° N | 8.92° E | 522 | 993 | 15.8 | 38.5 |
Hammam Bourguiba | HB | 36.76° N | 8.59° E | 265 | 850 | 17.4 | 31.0 |
Bellif | Bl | 37.04° N | 9.07° E | 158 | 767 | 17.6 | 27.8 |
Ras rajel | Rr | 36.951° N | 8.872° E | 62 | 766 | 17.8 | 27.5 |
Fernana | Frn | 36.65° N | 8.70° E | 699 | 722 | 17.2 | 26.5 |
Kef er rennd | Ker | 36.823° N | 10.769° E | 637 | 624 | 16.4 | 23.6 |
Jebel Chehid, Ramlia | JCH | 36.37° N | 9.31° E | 612 | 580 | 17.2 | 21.4 |
Hammem Jdidi | HJ | 36.39° N | 10.38° E | 132 | 459 | 18.9 | 15.9 |
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Ghouil, H.; Sancho-Knapik, D.; Ben Mna, A.; Amimi, N.; Ammari, Y.; Escribano, R.; Alonso-Forn, D.; Ferrio, J.P.; Peguero-Pina, J.J.; Gil-Pelegrín, E. Southeastern Rear Edge Populations of Quercus suber L. Showed Two Alternative Strategies to Cope with Water Stress. Forests 2020, 11, 1344. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11121344
Ghouil H, Sancho-Knapik D, Ben Mna A, Amimi N, Ammari Y, Escribano R, Alonso-Forn D, Ferrio JP, Peguero-Pina JJ, Gil-Pelegrín E. Southeastern Rear Edge Populations of Quercus suber L. Showed Two Alternative Strategies to Cope with Water Stress. Forests. 2020; 11(12):1344. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11121344
Chicago/Turabian StyleGhouil, Hana, Domingo Sancho-Knapik, Amira Ben Mna, Nabil Amimi, Youssef Ammari, Rubén Escribano, David Alonso-Forn, Juan Pedro Ferrio, José Javier Peguero-Pina, and Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín. 2020. "Southeastern Rear Edge Populations of Quercus suber L. Showed Two Alternative Strategies to Cope with Water Stress" Forests 11, no. 12: 1344. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11121344