Variation in cold hardiness and carbohydrate concentration from dormancy induction to bud burst among provenances of three European oak species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 817-825

  Morin, Xavier ^a   Améglio, Thierry ^b   Ahas, Rein ^c   Kurz Besson, Cathy ^d   Lanta, Vojtěch ^e   Lebourgeois, François ^f   Miglietta, Franco ^g   Chuine, Isabelle ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PIAF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^f LERFoB   (France)

^g INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult individuals; Climate; Distribution; Frost damage; Natural populations; Phenology; Quercus ilex; Quercus pubescens; Quercus robur

Indexed keywords

BUDBURST; CARBOHYDRATE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLD TOLERANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; DORMANCY; EVERGREEN TREE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROVENANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS PUBESCENS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 34347208342     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.6.817     Document Type: Article

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