Rapid climate change-related growth decline at the southern range edge of Fagus sylvatica

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2163-2174

  Jump, Alistair S ^a,b   Hunt, Jenny M ^a   Pen̈uelas, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BAI; Basal area increment; Climate change; Drought; European beech; Geographical range; Mediterranean; Range edge

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GROWTH RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONTSENY MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 33749854512     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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