Freezing cycles enhance winter injury in Picea rubens

Tree Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-69

  Lund, Anne E ^a   Livingston, William H ^b  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold hardiness; Cold tolerance; Forest decline; Freezing tolerance; Frost hardiness; Red spruce; Tree decline; Winter thaw

Indexed keywords

PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 0032920752     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/19.1.65     Document Type: Article

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