
No risk – no fun: penalty and recovery from spring frost damage in deciduous temperate trees
Frederik Baumgarten, Arthur Gessler & Yann Vitasse This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Getting the timing right to unfold fresh leaves in spring is a gamble for deciduous trees in seasonal climates that has a long evolutionary history. Too early and the whole investment might be sacrificed to a single frost event; too late … Continue reading No risk – no fun: penalty and recovery from spring frost damage in deciduous temperate trees