Patterns and Drivers of Tree Mortality in Iberian Forests: Climatic Effects Are Modified by Competition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Ruiz Benito, Paloma ^a,b,c   Lines, Emily R ^c,d   Gómez Aparicio, Lorena ^e   Zavala, Miguel A ^b   Coomes, David A ^c  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST STRUCTURE; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; PINE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PLANT PARAMETERS; PRECIPITATION; SOIL QUALITY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TREE GROWTH; TREE MORTALITY; TREE SIZE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TREES;

EID: 84874525053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056843     Document Type: Article

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