Radial growth responses to drought of Pinus sylvestris and Quercus pubescens in an inner-Alpine dry valley

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 777-792

  Weber, Pascale ^a   Bugmann, Harald ^b   Rigling, Andreas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dendroecology; Lower treeline; Principal components analysis (PCA); Response function

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROECOLOGY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOTONE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASONALITY; TREELINE; VALLEY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PUBESCENS;

EID: 36749001063     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[777:RGRTDO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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