Growth duration is a better predictor of stem increment than carbon supply in a Mediterranean oak forest: Implications for assessing forest productivity under climate change

New Phytologist

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 579-590

  Lempereur, Morine ^a,b   Martin Stpaul, Nicolas K ^c   Damesin, Claire ^d   Joffre, Richard ^a   Ourcival, Jean Marc ^a   Rocheteau, Alain ^e   Rambal, Serge ^a,f  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maitrise de l'Energie ADEME   (France)

^c French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon partitioning; Climate change; Drought; Extreme event; Quercus ilex; Tree water relation; Vegetation models; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; COPPICE; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN TREE; EXTREME EVENT; FORESTRY MODELING; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH; LOW TEMPERATURE; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; STEM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

QUERCUS ILEX;

CARBON; RAIN; WATER;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRUG EFFECTS; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OAK; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT STEM; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIME FACTOR; TREE;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT STEMS; POPULATION DENSITY; QUERCUS; RAIN; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84936182888     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13400     Document Type: Article

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