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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Morphological and ecophysiological variation of the hybrid oak Quercus subpyrenaica (Q. faginea x Q. pubescens)
Trees - Structure and Function, Volume 18, No. 5, Year 2004
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Natural hybridization is common among oaks. We studied the variability of morphological and ecophysiological variables in the hybrid Quercus subpyrenaica and its assumed parental species Q. faginea and Q. pubescens, which co-occur in NE Spain. To assess the fitness of these taxa we studied several ecophysiological variables (hydraulic conductivity, Kh; hydraulic specific conductivity, Ks; leaf specific conductivity, LSC; water potential corresponding to a 50% loss of conductivity, PLC50; efficiency of light absorption, Ea). We performed a correspondence analysis (CA) to ordinate seedlings, grown under homogeneous environmental conditions, according to their plant and leaf morphology. The CA axis 1 synthesized intra-taxon variability, while the CA axis 2 summarized inter-taxa variability. Q. subpyrenaica-showed a wide spectrum of forms, but they were overall closer to those of Q. faginea. We defined three phenotypes within the hybrid based on morphology, which were: (i) the robur group (Qs-r; auriculate leaf base, rounded lobe apex); (ii) Q. pubescens (Qs-p; rounded leaf base, acute lobe apex); and (iii) Q. faginea (Qs-f; acute leaf base, acute-spiny lobe apex). The mean values of Ks and PLC50 arranged the hybrid groups in the same order as the ordination based on leaf morphology. The Qs-r group showed the highest values of Ks and PLC50, while the Qs-fgroup showed the lowest. Both morphologically and ecophysiologically, the hybrids showed a wide range of values, which spanned and even exceeded the variation of parental taxa. © Springer-Verlag 2004.
Authors & Co-Authors
Himrane, Hocine
Spain, Zaragoza
Unidad de Recursos Forestales
Algeria, Algiers
Institut National de Recherche Forestière Inrf
Camarero, Jesús Julio
Spain, Zaragoza
Unidad de Recursos Forestales
Gil-Pelegrín, Eustaquio
Spain, Zaragoza
Unidad de Recursos Forestales
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Citations: 41
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
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Doi:
10.1007/s00468-004-0340-0
Research Areas
Environmental
Genetics And Genomics