A warmer world will reduce tree growth in evergreen broadleaf forests: Evidence from Australian temperate and subtropical eucalypt forests

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 925-934

  Bowman, David M J S ^a   Williamson, Grant J ^a   Keenan, R J ^b   Prior, Lynda D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climatic gradients; Macroecology; Precipitation; Temperature; Tree growth; Water availability

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVERGREEN FOREST; GROWTH RATE; MACROECOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATE FOREST; TREE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 84903818374     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12171     Document Type: Article

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