Does humidity trigger tree phenology? Proposal for an air humidity based framework for bud development in spring

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 350-355

  Laube, Julia ^a   Sparks, Tim H ^a,b,c   Estrella, Nicole ^a   Menzel, Annette ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air humidity; Budburst; Chilling; Foliar uptake; Phenology; Spring; Tissue moisture; Tree

Indexed keywords

AIR HUMIDITY; BUDBURST; FOLIAR UPTAKE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LETTER; PHENOLOGY; PLANT STRUCTURES; SEASON; SPRING; TISSUE MOISTURE; TREE;

AIR HUMIDITY; BUDBURST; CHILLING; FOLIAR UPTAKE; PHENOLOGY; SPRING; TISSUE MOISTURE; TREE;

HUMIDITY; PLANT STRUCTURES; SEASONS; TREES;

EID: 84896544409     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12680     Document Type: Letter

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