Drought and frost resistance of trees: A comparison of four species at different sites and altitudes

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 325-333

  Charra Vaskou, Katline ^a   Charrier, Guillaume ^b,c   Wortemann, Rémi ^b,c   Beikircher, Barbara ^a   Cochard, Hervé ^b,c   Ameglio, Thierry ^b,c   Mayr, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b PIAF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Carbohydrate; Ks; Keywords Conifer; LT50; P50

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANGIOSPERM; CARBOHYDRATE; COLD TOLERANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; HARVESTING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRIA; FRANCE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PICEA ABIES; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 84862019668     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-011-0160-5     Document Type: Article

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