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Figure 3
Seasonal patterns of daily mean air temperature (top) and cumulative carbon gain (bottom) of current to two-year-old needles of Pinus cembra at the timberline during winter (December, January, February) and early spring (March, April) of three years contrasting with respect to temperature. (Combined after data from Wieser, 1997 and Gruber et al., unpublished).