Climate and groundwater effects on the establishment, growth and death of Prosopis caldenia trees in the Pampas (Argentina)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1766-1774

  Bogino, Stella M ^a   Jobbágy, Esteban G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cald n; Dendrochronology; Forest die off; Semiarid woodlands; Tree ring; Water table

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DIE-OFF; SEMIARID WOODLANDS; TREE RINGS; WATER TABLE;

CLIMATOLOGY; DEFORESTATION; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; RAIN;

PLANT EXTRACTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BASAL AREA; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SURVIVAL; TREE RING; WATER TABLE; WOODLAND;

ARGENTINA; CLIMATES; DEFORESTATION; EXTRACTIVES; FORESTS; GROUND WATER; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS; RAIN; RINGS; WATER TABLE;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS CALDENIA;

EID: 80051937895     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.07.032     Document Type: Article

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