Impacts of predicted climate change on recruitment at the geographical limits of Scots pine

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 299-310

  Matías, Luis ^a   Jump, Alistair S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; distribution; emergence; Pinus sylvestris; precipitation; range limit; root:shoot; survival; temperature; trade off

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PRECIPITATION; RANGE LIMIT; ROOT:SHOOT; SCOTS PINE; SEASON; SEEDLING; SOIL; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TRADE-OFF.;

BIOMASS; DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PRECIPITATION; RANGE LIMIT; ROOT:SHOOT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TRADE-OFF.;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; RAIN; SEASONS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84892749973     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert376     Document Type: Article

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