Evergreen alpine shrubs have high freezing resistance in spring, irrespective of snowmelt timing and exposure to frost: an investigation from the Snowy Mountains, Australia
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Over winter, alpine plants are protected from low-temperature extremes by a blanket of snow. Climate change predictions indicate an overall reduction in snowpack and an earlier thaw; a situation which could expose the tips of shrubs which extend above the snowpack to freezing events in early spring, and cause foliar frost damage during the onset of physiological activity. We assessed the photosynthetic responses of freezing-damaged shrub leaves from an assay of freezing temperatures in the...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2018 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/160565 |
Source: | Plant Ecology |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11258-017-0789-8 |
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