Topography influences the distribution of autumn frost damage on trees in a Mediterranean-type Eucalyptus forest

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1449-1462

  Matusick, George ^a,b   Ruthrof, Katinka X ^a   Brouwers, Niels C ^a   Hardy, Giles St J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dieback; Frost pocket; Jarrah; Marri; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH RISKS; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

DIEBACK; FROST POCKET; HIGH TEMPERATURE EVENTS; JARRAH; MARRI; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84920257002     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-014-1048-4     Document Type: Article

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