Do local moisture stress responses across tree species reflect dry limits of their geographic ranges?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 612-618

  Fensham, Roderick J ^a,b   Bouchard, David L ^c   Catterall, Carla P ^c   Dwyer, John M ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought induced damage; Eucalyptus; Potential niche; Realized niche; Species co existence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; DISPERSAL; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EVERGREEN TREE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 84903980858     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12125     Document Type: Article

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