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water content hypothesis

Scope: climate

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Definition

Plant tissue water content will dictate how much the species is resistant to frost, with low and high water content species being more susceptible

Related Terms (1)

seasonal hypothesis

Publications (1)

student_paper

Frost Sensitivity of Subalpine Plants in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: The Effects of Seasonality, Water Content, and Phylogeny

2014

water content hypothesis

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Definition

Related Terms (1)

Publications (1)

Frost Sensitivity of Subalpine Plants in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: The Effects of Seasonality, Water Content, and Phylogeny

Related Concepts (4)

climatological variability

phylogenetic signal

species-specific responses

frost sensitivity

Frequently Associated Species

Abies lasiocarpa

Lathyrus lanszwertii var. leucanthus

Senecio

Urocitellus richardsonii

Archilochus alexandri

Nuttall's Larkspur

Hydrophyllum fendleri

Erigeron speciosus

Hydrophyllum capitatum

Engelmann Spruce