The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 523-532

  McDowell, Nate G ^a   Beerling, David J ^b   Breshears, David D ^c   Fisher, Rosie A ^d   Raffa, Kenneth F ^e   Stitt, Mark ^f  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CARBOHYDRATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSECT; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 80052692081     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.06.003     Document Type: Review

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