Xylem temperatures during winter in conifers at the alpine timberline

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 81-88

  Mayr, Stefan ^a   Wieser, Gerhard ^b   Bauer, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Alpine Timberline Ecology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conifer; Embolism; Freezing; Thawing; Timberline; Winter; Xylem temperature

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; FREEZING; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THAWING; TREELINE; WINTER; XYLEM;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS CEMBRA;

EID: 33747881689     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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