Different reactions of central and marginal provenances of fagus sylvatica to experimental drought

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 247-260

  Thiel, Daniel ^a,b   Kreyling, Juergen ^a   Backhaus, Sabrina ^a   Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^a   Buhk, Constanze ^c   Egen, Kolja ^c   Huber, Gerhard ^b   Konnert, Monika ^b   Nagy, Laura ^a   Jentsch, Anke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Office for Forest Seeding and Planting   (Germany)

^c University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extreme events; Local adaptation; Phenotypic plasticity; Plant climate interactions; Provenance trial; Within species diversity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTREME EVENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PROVENANCE;

BULGARIA; GERMANY; LANDAU; RHINELAND-PALATINATE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84901695424     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-013-0750-x     Document Type: Article

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