Modelling the climatic drivers determining photosynthesis and carbon allocation in evergreen Mediterranean forests using multiproxy long time series

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3695-3712

  Gea Izquierdo, G ^a   Guibal, F ^a   Joffre, R ^b   Ourcival, J M ^b   Simioni, G ^c   Guiot, J ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST INVENTORY; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA INDEX; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES; TREE RING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84934926998     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-3695-2015     Document Type: Article

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