Early differential responses of co-dominant canopy species to sudden and severe drought in a mediterranean-climate type forest

Forests

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2082-2091

  Ruthrof, Katinka X ^a   Matusick, George ^a,b   Hardy, Giles E St J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Corymbia calophylla; Epicormic response; Eucalyptus marginata; Forest die off; Forest mortality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT;

CORYMBIA CALOPHYLLA; EPICORMIC RESPONSE; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; FOREST DIE OFFS; FOREST MORTALITY;

FORESTRY;

ANGIOSPERM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIEBACK; DROUGHT; FOREST CANOPY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY;

DROUGHT; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; FORESTS; MORTALITY;

AUSTRALIA;

CORYMBIA CALOPHYLLA; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 84933556734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f6062082     Document Type: Article

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