Tree-growth analyses to estimate tree species' drought tolerance

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-187

  Eilmann, Britta ^a,b   Rigling, Andreas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Breakpoints; Climate change; Drought tolerance; Growth dynamics

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AFFORESTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE; TREE RING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUGLAS FIR; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARIX; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; LARIX; PINUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84860635665     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps004     Document Type: Article

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