Physiological minimum temperatures for root growth in seven common European broad-leaved tree species

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 302-313

  Schenker, Gabriela ^a   Lenz, Armando ^a   Körner, Christian ^a   Hoch, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cold climate; distribution limit; morphology; soil temperature; treeline

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOTING; SEEDLING; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE; TREELINE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COLD CLIMATE; DISTRIBUTION LIMIT; EUROPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; SOIL; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TREELINE;

COLD CLIMATE; DISTRIBUTION LIMIT; MORPHOLOGY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TREELINE;

BIOMASS; EUROPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDLING; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84897437531     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu003     Document Type: Article

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