Is drought the main decline factor at the rear edge of Europe? The case of southern Iberian pine plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 271, Issue , 2012, Pages 158-169

  Sánchez Salguero, Raúl ^a,b   Navarro Cerrillo, Rafael M ^b   Swetnam, Thomas W ^c   Zavala, Miguel A ^a,d  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crown defoliation; Forest decline; Mediterranean pines; Plantations; Rear edge; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CROWN DEFOLIATION; FOREST DECLINE; MEDITERRANEAN PINES; PLANTATIONS; REAR EDGE; TREE RINGS;

DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; LOGISTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; BIOTIC FACTOR; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRELATION; DEFOLIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; FOREST EDGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; PERSISTENCE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION DECLINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TREE RING; VIGOR; VULNERABILITY;

CROWNS; DEFOLIATION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; MATERIALS HANDLING; PINUS; PLANTATIONS; RINGS; WATER SUPPLY;

IBERIAN BASIN;

PINUS NIGRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84857969688     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.01.040     Document Type: Article

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