Flushing phenology and fitness of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) provenances from a trial in La Rioja, Spain, segregate according to their climate of origin

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 180, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-85

  Robson, T Matthew ^a,b   Rasztovits, Erwin ^c   Aphalo, Pedro J ^b   Alia, Ricardo ^a   Aranda, Ismael ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bud burst; Climate change; Drought; Frost avoidance; Range shift; Temperature sum

Indexed keywords

BUDBURST; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FITNESS; FLUSHING; FROST HARDINESS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHENOLOGY; PROVENANCE; RANGE EXPANSION; SURVIVAL;

BELGIUM; BULGARIA; ENGLAND; ITALY; LA RIOJA [SPAIN]; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879546188     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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