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Responses of forest trees to single and multiple environmental stresses from seedlings to mature plants: Past stress history, stress interactions, tolerance and acclimation

Ülo Niinemets
- 15 Oct 2010 - 
- Vol. 260, Iss: 10, pp 1623-1639
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In this article, a review of tree physiological responses to key environmental stress factors and their combinations are analyzed from seedlings to mature trees, concluding that combined stresses can influence survival of large trees even more than chronic exposure to a single predictable stress such as drought.
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Climate change 2007: the physical science basis

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