Contrasting responses of radial growth and wood anatomy to climate in a Mediterranean ring-porous oak: Implications for its future persistence or why the variance matters more than the mean

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1537-1550

  Alla, Arben Q ^a   Camarero, J Julio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Earlywood; Hydraulic conductivity; Mediterranean climate; Quercus faginea; Tree ring width; Vessels; Xylem

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLASTICITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREE RING; WOOD; XYLEM;

QUERCUS FAGINEA;

EID: 84865833453     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-012-0621-x     Document Type: Article

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