Assessment of the impacts of climate change and weather extremes on boreal forests in northern Europe, focusing on Norway spruce

Climate Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-84

  Schlyter, Peter ^a   Stjernquist, Ingrid ^a   Bärring, Lars ^b   Jönsson, Anna Maria ^c   Nilsson, Carin ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drought; Forestry; Frost; Insect damage; Modelling; Windstorm damage

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; SOFTWOODS;

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; FROST; INSECT; STORM DAMAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

COLEOPTERA; IPS TYPOGRAPHUS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 33746410948     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr031075     Document Type: Article

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