Carbon sink limitation and frost tolerance control performance of the tree Kageneckia angustifolia D. Don (Rosaceae) at the treeline in central Chile

Plant Ecology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-39

  Piper, Frida I ^a   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^a   Reyes Díaz, Marjorie ^a   Corcuera, Luis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Carbon balance; Growth limitation; Low temperature resistance

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SINK; FREEZE TOLERANCE; GROWTH; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; TREE; TREELINE;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

KAGENECKIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 33745488386     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9081-4     Document Type: Article

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