Climate and Picea mariana seed maturation relationships: A multi-scale perspective

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-376

  Meunier, C ^a   Sirois, L ^b   Begin Y ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Boreal forest; Climate change; Degree days; Germination; Maturation; Northern Canada; Picea mariana; Seed development; Seed quality

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GERMINATION; MATURATION; REGENERATION; SEED SET; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 40349103544     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1543.1     Document Type: Article

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