Water availability is the decisive factor for the growth of two tree species in the occurrence of consecutive heat waves

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 189-190, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-29

  Bauweraerts, Ingvar ^a   Ameye, Maarten ^a   Wertin, Timothy M ^b   McGuire, Mary Anne ^c   Teskey, Robert O ^c   Steppe, Kathy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate extreme; Drought; Elevated (CO2); Global warming; Heat wave; Seedling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; HEAT FLOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TREE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 84893374641     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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