Climate-growth analysis for a Mexican dry forest tree shows strong impact of sea surface temperatures and predicts future growth declines

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2001-2012

  Brienen, Roel J W ^a,b   Lebrija Trejos, Edwin ^c,d   Zuidema, Pieter A ^e   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate growth relations; El Ni o; Rainfall; Tree rings; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DRY FOREST; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GROWTH; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREE RING; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

MIMOSA;

EID: 77954165051     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02059.x     Document Type: Article

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