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This chapter offers an in-depth debate and data on how trees grow near their elevational limit, how cambial and apical growth is controlled, and how growth in shoots and roots responds to temperature. A special section addresses elevational trends in tree phenology (leafing, flowering).
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Körner, C. (2012). Growth and development. In: Alpine Treelines. Springer, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0396-0_7
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