Foliar freezing resistance of Australian alpine plants over the growing season

Austral Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-161

  Venn, Susanna E ^a,b   Morgan, John W ^a   Lord, Janice M ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Frost tolerance; LT50; Snow cover; Snowmelt date

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; FREEZING; FROST; GROWING SEASON; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875597844     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02387.x     Document Type: Article

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