Freezing Tolerance and Cold Acclimation of Arctic and Subarctic Cushion Plants.

With:
Olavi Junttila, Professor, Department of Plant Physiology and Microbiology
Institute of Biology and Geology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway


Funded by Norwegian Research Council and the University of Tromsø Phytotron, Jarle Nilsen, Director.

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Selected References

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McCarthy, D. P. 1992. Dating with cushion plants - establishment of a Silene acaulis growth curve in the Canadian Rockies. Arctic and Alpine Research 24:50-.
Spomer, G. G. 1983. Ecological and physiological investigations of alpine cushion plants. National Geographic Society Research Reports 15:601-607.
Warren Wilson, J. 1957. Observations on the temperatures of arctic plants and their environmnent. Journal of Ecology 45:499-531.