Apparent climatically induced increase of tree mortality rates in a temperate forest

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 909-916

  Van Mantgem, Phillip J ^a   Stephenson, Nathan L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Forest demography; Temperate forests; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECRUITMENT; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ABIES; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISASTER; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; TEMPERATURE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; AIR POLLUTANTS; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; NATURAL DISASTERS; OZONE; PINUS; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ABIES;

EID: 34548525150     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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