Declining pine growth in Central Spain coincides with increasing diurnal temperature range since the 1970s

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 177-185

  Büntgen, Ulf ^a,b,c   Martínez Peña, Fernando ^d   Aldea, Jorge ^d   Rigling, Andreas ^a   Fischer, Erich M ^e   Camarero, J Julio ^f,h   Hayes, Michael J ^c,g   Fatton, Vincent ^a   Egli, Simon ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c CzechGlobe Global Change Research Centre AS CR vvi   (Czech Republic)

^d CESEFOR FOUNDATION   (Spain)

^e Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^f INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dendroecology; Diurnal temperature range; Ecosystem response; Forest growth; Mediterranean Basin

Indexed keywords

DENDROECOLOGY; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST GROWTH; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROECOLOGY; DROUGHT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GROWTH RATE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; CONSERVATION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROWTH; PINUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE;

MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84879288296     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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