Reducing solar heat gain during winter: The role of white bark in northern deciduous trees

Arctic

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 168-174

  Karels, Tim J ^a,b   Boonstra, Rudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bark colour; Boreal forest; Cambium temperatures; Deciduous trees; Sunscald; Trembling aspen; White birch

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BARK; BOREAL FOREST; COLOR; DECIDUOUS TREE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; INJURY;

CANADA; ONTARIO; TIMMINS;

BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; POPULUS GRANDIDENTATA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0043269718     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic612     Document Type: Article

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