Evaluation of the impact of frost resistances on potential altitudinal limit of trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 891-902

  Charrier, Guillaume ^a,b,c   Cochard, Hervé ^a,b   Améglio, Thierry ^a,b  

^a PIAF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

budburst; frost hardiness; living cell; tree ecophysiology; winter embolism

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BUDBURST; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FROST HARDINESS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; OSMOSIS; PHENOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; XYLEM;

STARCH;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUDBURST; FREEZING; FROST HARDINESS; HISTOLOGY; LIVING CELL; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EXUDATE; SEASON; TIME; TREE; TREE ECOPHYSIOLOGY; WINTER EMBOLISM;

BUDBURST; FROST HARDINESS; LIVING CELL; TREE ECOPHYSIOLOGY; WINTER EMBOLISM;

ALTITUDE; FREEZING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PLANT EXUDATES; SEASONS; STARCH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 84886430375     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt062     Document Type: Article

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