The incorporation of extreme drought events improves models for beech persistence at its distribution limit

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 201-210

  Rasztovits, Ervin ^a   Berki, Imre ^a   Mátyás, Csaba ^a   Czimber, Kornél ^a   Pötzelsberger, Elisabeth ^b   Móricz, Norbert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Beech; Climate change; Predictive modelling; Trailing edge; Xeric limit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894442836     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0346-0     Document Type: Article

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