Plastic and locally adapted phenology in cambial seasonality and production of xylem and phloem cells in Picea abies from temperate environments

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 869-881

  Gričar, Jožica ^a   Prislan, Peter ^a   Gryc, Vladimír ^b   Vavrčík, Hanuš ^b   De Luis, Martin ^c   Čufar, Katarina ^d  

^a SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cambium; Growing degree days; Growth weather relation; Light microscopy; Norway spruce; Radial growth

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHLOEM; SEASONALITY; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VULNERABILITY; XYLEM;

PICEA ABIES;

RAIN;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; CAMBIUM; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPRUCE; TEMPERATURE; TREE; WOOD; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; CAMBIUM; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTS; PHLOEM; PICEA; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TREES; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 84907812208     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu026     Document Type: Article

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