Drought response of five conifer species under contrasting water availability suggests high vulnerability of Norway spruce and European larch

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3184-3199

  Lévesque, Mathieu ^a,b   Saurer, Matthias ^c   Siegwolf, Rolf ^c   Eilmann, Britta ^d   Brang, Peter ^a   Bugmann, Harald ^b   Rigling, Andreas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Central Europe; Climate change; Larix; Oxygen isotope; Picea; Pinus; Pseudotsuga; Tree ring; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL WATER; TREE RING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

CARBON; OXYGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOUGLAS FIR; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ITALY; LARIX; PINACEAE; PINE; SOIL; SPRUCE; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE; TREE RING; WATER DEFICIT;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CENTRAL EUROPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LARIX; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PICEA; PINUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; TREE RING; WATER DEFICIT;

CARBON ISOTOPES; DROUGHTS; ITALY; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PINACEAE; SOIL; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84883552697     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12268     Document Type: Article

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