Abstract
Tree species growing at northern latitudes are characterised by significant annual variation in their cold hardiness. Due to their height, trees are not protected by insulating snow cover and, in order to survive, they must be able to develop high level of cold hardiness. Lack of capacity for sufficient cold hardiness is, however, often not a limiting factor for winter survival of deciduous and evergreen tree species growing in boreal and subarctic regions. Their survival is primarily dependent on a proper timing of cold hardening and dehardening. This is a well-known fact and has been demonstrated in numerous studies, and the basic aspects of the environmental regulation of these processes have been studied comprehensively. These studies have provided strong evidence for the central role of photoperiod as a cue for timing of hardening in northern tree species, and for interaction between photoperiod and temperature. Due to the decisive effect of photoperiod on cold hardening, adaptation to photoperiodic conditions appears to be a prominent feature in these tree species.
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Junttila, O., Welling, A., Li, C., Tsegay, B.A., Palva, E.T. (2002). Physiological Aspects of Cold Hardiness in Northern Deciduous Tree Species. In: Li, P.H., Palva, E.T. (eds) Plant Cold Hardiness. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0711-6_6
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