A case of severe frost damage prior to budbreak in young conifers in Northeastern Ontario: Consequence of climate change?

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 453-462

  Man, Rongzhou ^a   Kayahara, Gordon J ^b   Dang, Qing Lai ^c   Rice, James A ^a  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climatic warming; Conifer frost damage; Early dehardening and budbreak (or dehardening budbreak); Mature needle and bud (or needle bud) mortality

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; NEEDLES;

BUDBREAK; CLIMATIC WARMING; FREEZING TEMPERATURES; FROST DAMAGE; GROWING DEGREE DAYS; HISTORICAL WEATHER DATUM; MATURE NEEDLE AND BUD (OR NEEDLE/BUD) MORTALITY; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BUDBURST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DAMAGE; FROST HARDINESS; INJURY; WARMING; WEATHER;

CLIMATES; FORESTRY; FROST; MORTALITY; NEEDLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 67651153039     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc85453-3     Document Type: Article

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