Supercooling capacity increases from sea level to tree line in the Hawaiian tree species Metrosideros polymorpha

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 369-379

  Melcher, P J ^a,c   Cordell, S ^a   Jones, T J ^a   Scowcroft, P G ^b   Niemczura, W ^a   Giambelluca, T W ^a   Goldstein, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Freezing resistance; Hawaii; Metrosideros polymorpha; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Plasticity; Supercooling; Tree line

Indexed keywords

COLD TOLERANCE; ELEVATION; SUPERCOOLING; TREELINE;

UNITED STATES;

METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0034093890     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314271     Document Type: Article

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