Impact of summer drought on forest biodiversity: What do we know?

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 645-652

  Archaux, Frédéric ^a   Wolters, Volkmar ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Drought impact; Ecosystem functioning; Forests; Global change

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DROUGHT; FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SUMMER;

EID: 33749658605     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2006041     Document Type: Review

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