Growing‐season frost is a better predictor of tree growth than mean annual temperature in boreal mixedwood forest plantations - Marquis, Benjamin; Bergeron, Yves; Simard, Martin; Tremblay, Francine (Global change biology, 2020)
Keywords: Annual; apical meristems; boreal forest; Boreal forests; Canada; Climate; Climate change; Climate prediction; ecotones; Forest productivity; Forests; Frost; Frost damage; frost injury; frost resistance; frost rings; Global warming; Growing season; growing‐season frosts; Growth; growth retardation; Habitat selection; Height; Meristems; Norway; Picea; Picea abies; Picea glauca; Picea mariana; Pine trees; Plantations; provenance; Seasons; Species; stem analysis; summer; sustainable forest management; Temperate forests; Temperature; tree dormancy; tree growth; Tree rings; Trees; Canada; Norway; growing-season frosts; sustainable forest management; boreal forest; tree dormancy; forest productivity; frost rings; stem analysis; Picea