Extreme climatic events and vegetation: The role of stabilizing processes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 797-805

  Lloret, Francisco ^a   Escudero, Adrian ^b   Iriondo, José María ^b   Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^a   Valladares, Fernando ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme climatic events; Forest dieback; Plant community resilience; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; PHENOTYPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

EID: 84857140891     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02624.x     Document Type: Review

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