Altitudinal differentiation in growth and phenology among populations of temperate-zone tree species growing in a common garden

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1259-1269

  Vitasse, Yann ^a   Delzon, Sylvain ^a   Bresson, Caroline C ^a   Michalet, Richard ^a   Kremer, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES ALBA MILL; ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; BEECH POPULATION; FAGUS SYLVATICA; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HIGH ELEVATION; LEAF PHENOLOGY; NATURAL AREAS; QUERCUS PETRAEA; TREE SPECIES; WOODY SPECIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

FORESTRY;

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GARDEN; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHENOLOGY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ASH; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; CLIMATES; FAGUS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; QUERCUS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; ILEX; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 68949155325     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-054     Document Type: Article

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