Growth projections reveal local vulnerability of Mediterranean oaks with rising temperatures

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 305, Issue , 2013, Pages 282-293

  Gea Izquierdo, Guillermo ^a   Fernández de Uña, Laura ^a   Cañellas, Isabel ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Forest decline; Global change; Nonlinear response; Quercus ilex; Quercus pyrenaica

Indexed keywords

DENDROECOLOGY; FOREST DECLINE; GLOBAL CHANGE; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84880320161     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.05.058     Document Type: Article

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