Resilience of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst) growth to changing climatic conditions in Southwest Germany

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 315, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-21

  Boden, Simon ^a   Kahle, Hans Peter ^a   Wilpert, Klaus von ^a   Spiecker, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early warning signals; Moisture availability; Norway spruce; Resilience; Tree ring width

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; EARLY WARNING; NORWAY SPRUCE; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; RESILIENCE; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; TREE-RING WIDTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY;

BUFFERING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT; GROWTH RESPONSE; MOISTURE; RESILIENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREE; TREE RING;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GERMANY; MOISTURE; PICEA ABIES; RESILIENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 84891677872     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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