Summer freezing resistance decreased in high-elevation plants exposed to experimental warming in the central Chilean Andes

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 267-276

  Sierra Almeida, Angela ^a,b   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alpine; Climate change; Freezing temperatures; Frost damage; Open top chambers

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FREEZE TOLERANCE; FREEZING; FROST HARDINESS; GROWING SEASON; LOW TEMPERATURE; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; WARMING;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHILE; FREEZING; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHILE; FREEZING; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

ANDES; CHILE;

EID: 77950964908     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1592-6     Document Type: Article

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