Physiological changes in red spruce seedlings during a simulated winter thaw

Tree Physiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 567-574

  Schaberg, P G ^a   Shane, J B ^b   Hawley, G J ^b   Strimbeck, G R ^b   Dehayes, D H ^b   Cali, P F ^a   Donnelly, J R ^b  

^a NE Forest Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold hardiness; Photosynthesis; Picea rubens; Respiration; Stomatal aperture; Winter thaw; Xylem pressure potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000454257     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/16.6.567     Document Type: Article

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