Drought-Induced Multifactor Decline of Scots Pine in the Pyrenees and Potential Vegetation Change by the Expansion of Co-occurring Oak Species

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 978-991

  Galiano, L ^a   Martinez Vilalta J ^a   Lloret, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

canopy defoliation; drought; mistletoe; mortality; recruitment; scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.); soil properties; stand structure; summer water availability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; DIEBACK; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EPISODIC EVENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); STAND STRUCTURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

ILEX; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS HUMILIS; QUERCUS ILEX; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 77957755261     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9368-8     Document Type: Article

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