January 2016

Shoot demography of some evergreen and deciduous tree species of Kumaun Himalaya, India, along an altitudinal gradient

The shoot diameter and shoot length extension growth studied in 10 tree species occurring between 350 to 2500 m elevation in the Kumaun Himalaya. Effects of temperature on shoot growth were studied under natural conditions. Shoot length growth was significantly affected by the temperature during shoot elongation (p<0.01). The optimum temperature for elongation was ranged from 21 to 36°C across the altitudinal...

Author(s): Sanjay Kumar, Raksha Pande and Deepshikha Arya