Response of Pinus uncinata recruitment to climate warming and changes in grazing pressure in an isolated population of the Iberian system (NE Spain)

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 210-217

  Camarero, J Julio ^a,c   Gutiérrez, Emilia ^b  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GRAZING PRESSURE; ISOLATED POPULATION; RECRUITMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS UNCINATA;

EID: 34249940476     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2007)39[210:ROPURT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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