European deciduous trees exhibit similar safety margins against damage by spring freeze events along elevational gradients

New Phytologist

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1166-1175

  Lenz, Armando ^a   Hoch, Günter ^a   Vitasse, Yann ^a   Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cold hardiness; Flushing; Frost; Phenology; Range limit; Spring; Summer; Winter

Indexed keywords

COLD TOLERANCE; DAMAGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ELEVATION; FLUSHING; FREEZING; GROWING SEASON; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WINTER;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLD TOLERANCE; DORMANCY; EUROPE; FLOWER; FLUSHING; FREEZING; FROST; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RANGE LIMIT; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUMMER; TREE; WINTER;

COLD HARDINESS; FLUSHING; FROST; PHENOLOGY; RANGE LIMIT; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

ALTITUDE; EUROPE; FLOWERS; FREEZING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DORMANCY; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84887104524     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12452     Document Type: Article

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