Morphological plasticity in mangrove trees: salinity-related changes in the allometry of Avicennia germinans

Alejandra G. Vovides; Juliane Vogt; Armin Kollert; Uta Berger; Uwe Grueters; Ronny Peters; Ana Laura Lara-Domínguez; Jorge López-Portillo

doi:10.1007/s00468-014-1044-8

Morphological plasticity in mangrove trees: salinity-related changes in the allometry of Avicennia germinans

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Alejandra G. Vovides - , Chair of Forest Biometrics and Systems Analysis, Instituto de Ecologia, A.C. (Author)
Juliane Vogt - , Chair of Forest Biometrics and Systems Analysis (Author)
Armin Kollert - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
Uta Berger - , Chair of Forest Biometrics and Systems Analysis (Author)
Uwe Grueters - , Chair of Forest Biometrics and Systems Analysis (Author)
Ronny Peters - , Chair of Forest Biometrics and Systems Analysis (Author)
Ana Laura Lara-Domínguez - , Instituto de Ecologia, A.C. (Author)
Jorge López-Portillo - , Instituto de Ecologia, A.C. (Author)

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Key Message
Morphological plasticity helps plants to cope to environmental conditions. Allometric responses of the mangrove Avicennia germinans to increasing salinity are easily detectable when focusing on the top height trees.

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1413-1425
Number of pages	13
Journal	Trees
Volume	28
Issue number	5
Early online date	4 Jul 2014
Publication status	Published - Oct 2014
Peer-reviewed	Yes

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Scopus	84940224784
RIS	urn:B4179A757229DA5EED769A9703D915CE
ORCID	/0000-0003-0473-2973/work/170586461
ORCID	/0000-0001-6920-136X/work/170586958

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Mangroven

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