Climatic Correlates of Tree Mortality in Water- and Energy-Limited Forests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Das, Adrian J ^a   Stephenson, Nathan L ^a   Flint, Alan ^b   Das, Tapash ^c   van Mantgem, Phillip J ^a  

^a Western Ecological Research Center   (United States)

^b California Water Science Center   (United States)

^c San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FORECASTING; FOREST; INSECT; MICROORGANISM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; TREE; UNITED STATES; WATER DEFICIT;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; INSECTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84880840898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069917     Document Type: Article

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