Growth reaction patterns of tree height, diameter, and volume of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco) under acute drought stress in Southern Germany

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1043-1056

  Rais, Andreas ^a   van de Kuilen, Jan Willem G ^a,b   Pretzsch, Hans ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation to climate change; Drought stress event; Morphological variability; Silvicultural prescriptions; Stress mitigation; Stress resilience; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84930821907     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: 16124677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-014-0821-7     Document Type: Article

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