Impact of climate and drought events on the growth of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) provenances

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 307, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-42

  Taeger, Steffen ^a   Zang, Christian ^a   Liesebach, Mirko ^b   Schneck, Volker ^c   Menzel, Annette ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

^c Institute of Forest Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate growth relations; Forest drought response; Forest genetics; Resilience; Tree height growth; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE-GROWTH RELATIONS; DROUGHT RESPONSE; FOREST GENETICS; RESILIENCE; TREE HEIGHT; TREE RINGS;

BENCHMARKING; DROUGHT;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTATION; BASAL AREA; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PROVENANCE; TREE RING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GROWTH; TREES;

GERMANY;

EID: 84880985002     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.053     Document Type: Article

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