Urban forest resilience through tree selection-Variation in drought tolerance in Acer

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 858-865

  Sjöman, Henrik ^a   Hirons, Andrew D ^b   Bassuk, Nina L ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b MYERSCOUGH COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Leaf turgor loss point; Maples; Osmotic adjustment; Urban trees

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GENOTYPE; LEAF; OSMOREGULATION; SELECTIVE BREEDING; URBAN FORESTRY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ACER; ACER CARPINIFOLIUM; ACER MONSPESSULANUM; ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; ACER SPICATUM; ACER X FREEMANII;

EID: 84951793553     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.08.004     Document Type: Article

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