Frost resistance in the tropical palm Euterpe edulis and its pattern of distribution in the Atlantic Forest of Argentina

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 633-640

  Gatti, M Genoveva ^a   Campanello, Paula I ^a,c   Montti, Lía F ^a   Goldstein, Guillermo ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

^c CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Freezing injury; Non timber forest product; Palmito; Plant distribution; Supercooling capacity; Topography

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FROST EFFECTS; FROST RESISTANCE; GRADIENT METHODS; HEALTH; LANDFORMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM YIELD; SOIL MOISTURE; SUN; THERMOANALYSIS; UNDERWATER SOILS;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (LIQUID + LIQUID) EQUILIBRIUM; ABSOLUTE MINIMUM; AMBIENT HUMIDITY; ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC FOREST; DEW FORMATION; ELSEVIER (CO); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXTRACELLULAR; FOREST CANOPIES; FOREST SPECIES; FOREST STANDS; FOREST STRUCTURES; FREEZING TEMPERATURES; HIGH ELEVATIONS; ICE FORMATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURE (LTR); NORMAL VALUES; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL (SWP); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; WINTER SEASONS;

TEMPERATURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN TREE; FROST HARDINESS; INJURY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CLIMATES; FREEZING; FROST RESISTANCE; GROWTH; ICE; MOISTURE; PALMS; PHASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SAPLINGS; SOIL; SUPERCOOLING; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC FOREST; SOUTH AMERICA;

EUTERPE EDULIS;

EID: 47049096989     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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