Freezing resistance of high-elevation plant species is not related to their height or growth-form in the Central Chilean Andes

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-278

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alpine species; Drought; Freezing temperatures; Growth form; High elevation; Plant height

Indexed keywords

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; FREEZING; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; MICROCLIMATE; MICROHABITAT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRADE-OFF;

ANDES; CHILE;

EID: 77954031497     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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