Mixed stands reduce Abies alba tree-ring sensitivity to summer drought in the Vosges mountains, western Europe

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 303, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-71

  Lebourgeois, F ^a,b   Gomez, N ^c   Pinto, P ^b,d   Merian P ^a,b  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c OFFICE NATIONAL DES FORÊTS   (France)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Climate tree growth relationships; Drought; Mixed stand; Temperate forests; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

ABIES ALBA; CLIMATE-TREE GROWTH RELATIONSHIPS; MIXED STANDS; TEMPERATE FORESTS; TREE RINGS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; MIXTURES;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROECOLOGY; DROUGHT; ELEVATION; FACILITATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERCEPTION; MIXED FOREST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; STEMFLOW; SUMMER; TEMPERATE FOREST; TREE RING;

ABIES ALBA; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GROWTH; MIXTURES; RINGS; TREES;

FRANCE; VOSGES [(MNR) FRANCE];

EID: 84877344103     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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