Frost in a future climate: Modelling interactive effects of warmer temperatures and rising atmospheric [CO2] on the incidence and severity of frost damage in a temperate evergreen (Eucalyptus pauciflora)

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 294-308

  Woldendorp, Gemma ^a,b   Hill, Michael J ^a,b,c   Doran, Ruth ^a,b   Ball, Marilyn C ^b  

^a BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Canopy damage; Climate change scenarios; Elevated CO2 ; Freezing; Frost hardiness; Global warming; Modelling; Photosynthetic capacity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST CANOPY; FREEZING; FROST; GLOBAL WARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS PAUCIFLORA;

EID: 68349109821     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01499.x     Document Type: Article

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