Increased spring freezing vulnerability for alpine shrubs under early snowmelt

Oecologia

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 219-229

  Wheeler, J A ^a,b   Hoch, G ^b   Cortes A J ^c   Sedlacek, J ^d   Wipf, S ^a   Rixen, C ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advanced snowmelt; Alpine dwarf shrubs; Climate change; Growth; Spring freezing resistance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; FREEZING; GROWTH RESPONSE; SHRUB; SNOWMELT; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

KALMIA PROCUMBENS; SALIX; SALIX HERBACEA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM;

SNOW;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ERICACEAE; FREEZING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SWITZERLAND; VACCINIUM; WILLOW;

ALTITUDE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ERICACEAE; FREEZING; PLANT LEAVES; SALIX; SEASONS; SNOW; SWITZERLAND; VACCINIUM;

EID: 84901442772     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2872-8     Document Type: Article

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