A phytoclimatic-based indicator for assessing the inherent responsitivity of the European forests to climate change

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-81

  García López, Javier M ^a   Allué, Carmen ^a  

^a Polígono Industrial de Villamuriel de Cerrato   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; European forests; Plasticity; Resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BOREAL FORESTS; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN FORESTS; FINLAND; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST LAND; FOREST TYPE; GROWING SEASON; HIGH MOUNTAINS; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; KEY FACTORS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MEAN VALUES; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NEGATIVE VALUES; PORTUGAL; RESILIENCE; SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUMMER DROUGHTS; VULNERABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; PLASTICITY;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOREST COVER; GROWING SEASON; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONTANE FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; VULNERABILITY; ADAPTATION; BIOINDICATOR; DROUGHT STRESS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

DROUGHT; EUROPE; FORESTS; INDICATORS; PLASTICITY; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; CLIMATES; FORESTRY;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 82655189512     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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