Age-dependent climate-growth relationships and regeneration of Picea abies in a drought-prone mixed-coniferous forest in the Alps

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 609-618

  Schuster, Roman ^a   Oberhuber, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA INCREMENT; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLIMATE WARMING; FOREST DISTRIBUTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

DROUGHT; PLANTS (BOTANY);

REFORESTATION;

AGE CLASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BASAL AREA; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROECOLOGY; DROUGHT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RESPONSE; REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; STAND DYNAMICS; SYNCHRONY; TIME SERIES; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ALPS; AUSTRIA;

EID: 84880004828     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2012-0426     Document Type: Article

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