Timing and duration of European larch growing season along altitudinal gradients in the Swiss Alps

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-233

  Moser, Lea ^a,b   Fonti, Patrick ^b   Büntgen, Ulf ^b   Esper, Jan ^c   Luterbacher, Jürg ^d   Franzen, Julia ^b   Frank, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elevational transect; Forest growth; Growing season length; Phenology; Temperature lapse rate; Xylogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH FORM; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHENOLOGY; TEMPORAL CYCLE; THERMAL REGIME; TREE RING;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARIX; SEASON; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE;

ALTITUDE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; LARIX; SEASONS; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE;

LOTSCHENTAL; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA;

EID: 76349114958     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpp108     Document Type: Article

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