Winter water relations of New England conifers and factors influencing their upper elevational limits. I. Measurements

Tree Physiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 793-800

  Vostral, Chandra B ^a   Boyce, Richard L ^a   Friedland, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Picea rubens; Pinus resinosa; Pinus strobus; Species limits; Tsuga canadensis; Vermont; Winter injury

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; TREE; WATER RELATIONS; WINTER;

MOUNT ASCUTNEY; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS; PINUS RESINOSA; PINUS STROBUS; STROBUS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

CHLOROPHYLL; WATER;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PINACEAE; PINE; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SPRUCE; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TSUGA;

ALTITUDE; CHLOROPHYLL; DEHYDRATION; PICEA; PINACEAE; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TREES; TSUGA; WATER;

EID: 0036668179     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/22.11.793     Document Type: Article

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