Foliar temperature tolerance of temperate and tropical evergreen rain forest trees of Australia

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1435-1443

  Cunningham, S C ^a   Read, J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Climate; Frost tolerance; Heat tolerance; Latitude; Leaf damage; Photoinhibition

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; FROST HARDINESS; INJURY; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAINFOREST; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TROPICAL FOREST;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34247343400     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.11.1435     Document Type: Article

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