Low-temperature resistance in Polylepis tarapacana, a tree growing at the highest altitudes in the world

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 377-381

  Rada, F ^a   Garcia Nunez C ^a   Boero, C ^b   Gallardo, M ^b   Hilal, M ^c   Gonzalez J ^b   Prado, F ^c   Liberman Cruz, M ^d   Azocar A ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Cold resistance; Freezing avoidance; Frost tolerance; Tree line; Tropical Andes

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TREE;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0035093976     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2001.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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