Impacts of changing climate on the productivity of Norway spruce dominant stands with a mixture of Scots pine and birch in relation to water availability in southern and northern Finland

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 323-338

  Ge, Zhen Ming ^a,b   Kellomäki, Seppo ^a   Peltola, Heli ^a   Zhou, Xiao ^a   Wang, Kai Yun ^a,b   Väisänen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

availability of soil water; boreal zone; climate change; ecosystem model; forest growth; mixture

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MIXED FOREST; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; STAND STRUCTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WOOD;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FINLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SCOTS PINE; SOIL; SPRUCE; WOOD;

BETULA; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICEA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SOIL; WATER; WOOD;

FINLAND;

BETULA SP.; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79955392765     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr001     Document Type: Article

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