Sixteen years of winter stress: An assessment of cold hardiness, growth performance and survival of hybrid poplar clones at a boreal planting site

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 419-428

  Schreiber, Stefan G ^a   Hamann, Andreas ^a   Hacke, Uwe G ^a   Thomas, Barb R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Freezing induced embolism; Frost damage; Vessel diameter

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COLD TOLERANCE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTREME EVENT; FROST; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL; TREE PLANTING; WINTER; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; COLD; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULUS; SEASON; TIME; TREE;

COLD TEMPERATURE; FLOWERS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; PLANT LEAVES; POPULUS; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

CANADA;

POPULUS;

EID: 84871926459     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02583.x     Document Type: Article

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