Ecological impacts of a widespread frost event following early spring leaf-out

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2365-2377

  Hufkens, Koen ^a   Friedl, Mark A ^a   Keenan, Trevor F ^b   Sonnentag, Oliver ^b,c   Bailey, Amey ^d   O'Keefe, John ^e   Richardson, Andrew D ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Elevational gradient; Frost event; Northern hardwood forest; Phenology

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FROST; LEAF; PHENOLOGY; SPRING (SEASON);

UNITED STATES;

ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 84861900081     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02712.x     Document Type: Article

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