Differential effects of climate variability on forest dynamics along a precipitation gradient in northern Patagonia

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1023-1034

  Suarez, María Laura ^a   Kitzberger, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Drought; Establishment rates; Extreme climatic events; Forest dynamics; Nothofagus dombeyi; Plant climate interactions; Release events; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SAPLING; TIME SERIES;

ARGENTIA; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PATAGONIA;

NOTHOFAGUS DOMBEYI;

EID: 77955395046     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01698.x     Document Type: Article

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