Patterns of Forest Decline and Regeneration Across Scots Pine Populations

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 323-335

  Vilà Cabrera, Albert ^a,b   Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^a,b,c   Galiano, Lucía ^a,b   Retana, Javier ^a,b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climatic dryness; decline; forest structure; management; site conditions; vegetation shifts

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; DRY SEASON; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST EDGE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84874565691     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9615-2     Document Type: Article

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