Evapotranspiration deficit controls net primary production and growth of silver fir: Implications for Circum-Mediterranean forests under forecasted warmer and drier conditions

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 206, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-54

  Vicente Serrano, S M ^a   Camarero, J J ^a   Zabalza, J ^a   Sanguesa Barreda G ^a   Lopez Moreno J I ^a   Tague, C L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Climate warming; Drought stress; Pyrenees; Regional hydro ecological simulation system (RHESSys); Silver fir; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TREE RING; WARMING; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84924388828     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.02.017     Document Type: Article

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