Tree diversity does not always improve resistance of forest ecosystems to drought

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 41, 2014, Pages 14812-14815

  Grossiord, Charlotte ^a   Granier, André ^a   Ratcliffe, Sophia ^b   Bouriaud, Olivier ^c   Bruelheide, Helge ^d,e   Chećko, Ewa ^f   Forrester, David Ian ^g   Dawud, Seid Muhie ^h   Finér, Leena ⁱ   Pollastrini, Martina ^j   Scherer Lorenzen, Michael ^g   Valladares, Fernando ^k   Bonal, Damien ^a   Gessler, Arthur ^l,m   Schlesinger, William H ⁿ  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c STEFAN CEL MARE UNIVERSITY OF SUCEAVA   (Romania)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^k MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^l SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^m BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

ⁿ CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

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Author keywords

Carbon isotope composition; Climate change; Ecology; FundivEUROPE; Species interaction

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BIODIVERSITY; DROUGHT; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON ISOTOPES; DROUGHTS; FORESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES;

EID: 84907942357     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411970111     Document Type: Article

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