Seasonal and inter-annual variability of bud development as related to climat…

† Background and Aims: In trees, bud development is driven by endogenous and exogenous factors such as species and climate, respectively. However, knowledge is scarce on how these factors drive changes in bud size across different time scales. † Methods: The seasonal patterns of apical bud enlargement are related to primary and secondary growth in two coexisting Mediterranean oaks wit…