Differences in frost hardiness of two Norway spruce morphotypes growing at Mt. Brocken, Germany

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 120-126

  Kathke, Sabine ^a   Bruelheide, Helge ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambient temperatures; Ecotypes; Electrolyte leakage; Frost injury; LT50; Picea abies

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOTYPE; FROST HARDINESS; MONTANE FOREST; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

BROCKEN; GERMANY; HARZ MOUNTAINS; SAXONY-ANHALT;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 79551476541     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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