How accurately can minimum temperatures at the cold limits of tree species be extrapolated from weather station data?

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 184, Issue , 2014, Pages 257-266

  Kollas, Chris ^a   Randin, Christophe F ^a   Vitasse, Yann ^a   Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deciduous trees; Elevation gradient; Microclimate; Scandinavia; Swiss Alps; Temperature profile

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DECIDUOUS TREE; ELEVATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LATITUDE; NICHE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TOLERANCE; UNDERSTORY; WEATHER STATION;

ALPS; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84887537708     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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