Conifer Cold Hardiness, Climate Change And The Likely Effects Of Warmer Temperatures On Photosynthesis

During winter and early spring, evergreen boreal conifers are severely stressed because light energy cannot be used when photosynthesis is pre-empted by low ambient temperatures. As a result of global warming, the growing season for boreal forest trees w

Increased air temperature during simulated autumn conditions impairs photosynthetic electron transport between photosystem II and photosystem

Changes in temperature and daylength trigger physiological and seasonal developmental processes that enable evergreen trees of the boreal forest to withstand severe winter conditions. Climate change is expected to increase the autumn air temperature in t