Climate-driven tree mortality: Insights from the piñon pine die-off in the United States

New Phytologist

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 301-303

  Hicke, Jeffrey A ^a   Zeppel, Melanie J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Modelling; Plant functional type; Precipitation; Tree mortality; Vapor pressure deficit (VPD)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; JUNIPERUS; MODEL; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPE; PRECIPITATION; TREE MORTALITY; VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT (VPD);

CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELLING; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPE; PRECIPITATION; TREE MORTALITY; VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT (VPD);

JUNIPERUS; PINUS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84884391174     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12464     Document Type: Note

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