Sub-montane Norway spruce as alternative seed source for a changing climate? a genetic and growth analysis at the fringe of its natural range in Austria

Silva Fennica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 615-627

  Schiessl, Eduard ^a   Grabner, Michael ^b   Golesch, Gerald ^a   Geburek, Thomas ^a   Schueler, Silvio ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climate growth response; Crown type; Mitochondrial dna; Picea abies; Rear edge

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SPHERES;

CROWN TYPE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PICEA ABIES; REAR EDGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAS EXCHANGE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MONTANE FOREST; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REFUGIUM; SEED;

AUSTRIA;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 78650798809     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.453     Document Type: Article

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