Drought matters - Declining precipitation influences growth of Fagus sylvatica L. and Quercus robur L. in north-eastern Germany

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 947-961

  Scharnweber, Tobias ^a   Manthey, Michael ^a   Criegee, Christian ^b   Bauwe, Andreas ^b   Schröder, Christian ^a   Wilmking, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Drought; Fagus sylvatica L.; Precipitation gradient; Quercus robur L.; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; AVERAGE GROWTH RATE; BROADLEAF TREES; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC FACTORS; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; COMMON BEECH; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CORRELATION PATTERNS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT STRESS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOREST GROWTH; GERMANY; GROWING SEASON; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MIXED FORESTS; OAK DECLINE; PEDUNCULATE OAK; QUERCUS ROBUR; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RING-WIDTH; RISING TEMPERATURES; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL WATER; TOLERANT SPECIES; TREE RINGS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPETITION; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOIL MOISTURE;

ECOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRELATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MIXED FOREST; POPULATION DECLINE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLERANCE; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CLIMATES; COMPETITION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORESTRY; GERMANY; GROWTH; PRECIPITATION; QUERCUS ROBUR;

GERMANY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 79960045866     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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