Spatial variability and temporal trends in water-use efficiency of European forests

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3700-3712

  Saurer, Matthias ^a   Spahni, Renato ^b   Frank, David C ^b,c   Joos, Fortunat ^b   Leuenberger, Markus ^b   Loader, Neil J ^d   Mccarroll, Danny ^d   Gagen, Mary ^d   Poulter, Ben ^e   Siegwolf, Rolf T W ^a   Andreu Hayles, Laia ^f   Boettger, Tatjana ^g   Dorado Liñán, Isabel ^h,i   Fairchild, Ian J ^j   Friedrich, Michael ^k   Gutierrez, Emilia ^h   Haupt, Marika ^g   Hilasvuori, Emmi ^l,m   Heinrich, Ingo ⁿ   Helle, Gerd ⁿ   Grudd, Håkan ^o   Jalkanen, Risto ^p   Levanič, Tom ^q   Linderholm, Hans W ^r   Robertson, Iain ^d   Sonninen, Eloni ^l   Treydte, Kerstin ^c   Waterhouse, John S ^s   Woodley, Ewan J ^d,t   Wynn, Peter M ^u   Young, Giles H F ^d   more..

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^g HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^m FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁿ GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^o STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^q SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^r UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^s ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^t UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^u LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Carbon isotope discrimination; Climate change; Dynamic vegetation model; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TREE; WATER CYCLE;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; FORESTS; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER CYCLE;

EID: 84911895848     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12717     Document Type: Article

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