Inadequate Cold Tolerance as a Possible Limitation to American Chestnut Restoration in the Northeastern United States

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-63

  Gurney, Kendra M ^a   Schaberg, Paul G ^b   Hawley, Gary J ^c   Shane, John B ^c  

^a The American Chestnut Foundation   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

American chestnut; Castanea dentata; Cold tolerance; Restoration; Winter injury

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; COLD TOLERANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TREE; WINTER;

UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; CASTANEA CRENATA; CASTANEA DENTATA; CASTANEA MOLLISSIMA; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 78651239047     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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