Cold tolerance of tree species is related to the climate of their native ranges

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 156-166

  Kreyling, Juergen ^a   Schmid, Stephanie ^a,b   Aas, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b AALEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Deacclimation; Frost hardiness; Germany; Global warming; Physiological tolerance; Range limits; Range shift; Relative electrolyte leakage; Tree survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914813789     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12411     Document Type: Article

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