Intensity and timing of warming and drought differentially affect growth patterns of co-occurring Mediterranean tree species

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 469-480

  Granda, Elena ^a   Camarero, J Julio ^b,f   Gimeno, Teresa E ^a,c   Martínez Fernández, Jesús ^d   Valladares, Fernando ^a,e  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coexistence; Dendroecology; Drought; Mediterranean forests; Radial growth

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; TREE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ILEX; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS THURIFERA; PINUS NIGRA; QUERCUS FAGINEA; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84876075705     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-013-0687-0     Document Type: Article

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