Disparate effects of global-change drivers on mountain conifer forests: Warming-induced growth enhancement in young trees vs. CO2 fertilization in old trees from wet sites

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 738-749

  Camarero, J Julio ^a   Gazol, Antonio ^a   Galván, Juan Diego ^b   Sangüesa Barreda, Gabriel ^a   Gutiérrez, Emilia ^c  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basal area increment; Climate warming; Dendroecology; Generalized additive mixed models; Pinus uncinata; Subalpine forests

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROECOLOGY; DROUGHT STRESS; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; MODELING; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TREE; WARMING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

SPAIN;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS UNCINATA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FOREST; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PINE; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; FORESTS; GLOBAL WARMING; PINUS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84923229297     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12787     Document Type: Article

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