Vulnerability to freeze stress of seedlings of Quercus ilex L.: An ecological interpretation

Annales des Sciences Forestieres

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 553-565

  Nardini, Andrea ^a   Ghirardelli, Lia ^a   Salleo, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Freeze stress; Quercus ilex L.; Root and stem hydraulic conductance; Water relations

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FROST HARDINESS;

QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 0032102746     PISSN: 00034312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:19980503     Document Type: Article

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