Growth patterns and sensitivity to climate predict silver fir decline in the Spanish Pyrenees

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1001-1012

  Linares, Juan Carlos ^a   Camarero, J Julio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Basal area increment; Climate warming; Drought; Dynamic factor analysis; Tree decline

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEFOLIATION; DROUGHT STRESS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

PYRENEES; SPAIN;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA;

EID: 84860917764     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-011-0572-7     Document Type: Article

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