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Physiological response patterns to altitude stress of spruce trees in Austria include enhanced ascorbate and glutathione production and lower chlorophyll contents with increasing height. These responses are compared to the responses of Pinus canariensis at mediterranean type stands in the south of Tenerife. Chlorophyll and ascorbate contents show similar altitudinal responses, but glutathione data are inconsistent. Pine trees at low altitudes exhibit higher antioxidative defence capacities than spruce trees from the corresponding Austrian stands, which points to higher levels of environmental stress in the pines at the mediterranean stands. According to needle sulfur contents, SO2 impact is moderate at valley levels in Austria, but pronounced at low altitudes in Tenerife. At high altitudes, it is absent in both ecosystems.
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Tausz, M., Grill, D., Jiménez, M.S., Morales, D. (1997). A Physiological Comparison between Environmental Effects on Canary Pine in Tenerife and Norway Spruce in Austria. In: Mohren, G.M.J., Kramer, K., Sabaté, S. (eds) Impacts of Global Change on Tree Physiology and Forest Ecosystems. Forestry Sciences, vol 52. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8949-9_14
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