Impacts of changing frost regimes on Swedish forests: Incorporating cold hardiness in a regional ecosystem model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 303-313

  Rammig, A ^a   Jonsson A M ^a   Hickler, T ^a   Smith, B ^a   Barring L ^a,b   Sykes, M T ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal forest production; Climate change; Climate extremes; Frost hardiness; Hardening dehardening cycles; LPJ GUESS; Norway spruce; Physiological tolerance; Picea abies (L. Karst.)

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST PRODUCTION; BOREAL FORESTS; FROST HARDINESS; NORWAY SPRUCE; PICEA ABIES;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); LANDFORMS; NEEDLES; PRODUCTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FROST; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH REGULATOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TREE;

BIOMASS; CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FROST; HARDENING; NEEDLES; PICEA ABIES; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SYNTHESIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 70549094332     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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