Ecophysiological variation in two provenances of Pinus flexilis seedlings across an elevation gradient from forest to alpine

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 615-625

  Reinhardt, Keith ^a   Castanha, Cristina ^b   Germino, Matthew J ^a   Kueppers, Lara M ^c  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon balance; limber pine; Niwot Ridge; treeline; water relations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON BUDGET; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DRY MATTER; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ELEVATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PROVENANCE; RANGE EXPANSION; RANGE SIZE; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEREDITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLORADO; HEREDITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDLING; TREES;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; NIWOT RIDGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

PINUS FLEXILIS;

EID: 79960791351     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr055     Document Type: Article

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