Dampening effects of long-term experimental drought on growth and mortality rates of a Holm oak forest

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3133-3144

  Barbeta, Adrià ^a,b   Ogaya, Romà ^a,b   Peñuelas, Josep ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Arbutus unedo; Experimental drought; Global change type drought; Holm oak; Mediterranean forest; Phillyrea latifolia; Quercus ilex; Tree growth; Tree mortality; Vegetation stabilizing processes

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINFALL; STEM; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ARBUTUS UNEDO; ILEX; PHILLYREA LATIFOLIA; QUERCUS ILEX;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARBUTUS UNEDO; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; ERICACEAE; EXPERIMENTAL DROUGHT; GLOBAL-CHANGE-TYPE DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOLM OAK; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST; OAK; OLEACEAE; PHILLYREA LATIFOLIA; PLANT STEM; QUERCUS ILEX; SPAIN; TREE; TREE GROWTH; TREE MORTALITY; VEGETATION STABILIZING PROCESSES;

ACCLIMATION; ARBUTUS UNEDO; EXPERIMENTAL DROUGHT; GLOBAL-CHANGE-TYPE DROUGHT; HOLM OAK; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST; PHILLYREA LATIFOLIA; QUERCUS ILEX; TREE GROWTH; TREE MORTALITY; VEGETATION STABILIZING PROCESSES;

DROUGHTS; ERICACEAE; OLEACEAE; PLANT STEMS; QUERCUS; SPAIN; TREES;

EID: 84883552817     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12269     Document Type: Article

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