Does forest continuity enhance the resilience of trees to environmental change?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Von Oheimb, Goddert ^a   Härdtle, Werner ^b   Eckstein, Dieter ^c   Engelke, Hans Hermann ^d   Hehnke, Timo ^b   Wagner, Bettina ^e   Fichtner, Andreas ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d Forestry Department Sellhorn Niedersachsen State Forestry Department   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EDAPHON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; FOREST SOIL; FOREST STAND; HUMUS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LAND USE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; PLANT STRUCTURES; PRECIPITATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANISM; TREE; TREE GROWTH; TREE RING; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OAK; SEASON; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR;

QUERCUS PETRAEA;

RAIN; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; GERMANY; LINEAR MODELS; QUERCUS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84916910211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113507     Document Type: Article

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