Summer frost resistance and freezing patterns measured in situ in leaves of major alpine plant growth forms in relation to their upper distribution boundary

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 737-746

  Taschler, D ^a   Neuner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cushion plants; Ice nucleation temperature; Timberline; Woody dwarf shrub

Indexed keywords

FROST;

EID: 2642583439     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2004.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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