Effects of temperature and drought manipulations on seedlings of Scots pine provenances

Plant Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 361-372

  Taeger, S ^a,b   Sparks, T H ^a,c,d,e   Menzel, A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Bavarian State Institute of Forestry   (Germany)

^c POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pinus sylvestris; Climate change; Extremes; Manipulation experiment; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT LOSS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MIGRATION; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EUROPE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SCOTS PINE; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SEEDLINGS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84924135738     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plb.12245     Document Type: Article

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