Climate Warming-Related Growth Decline Affects Fagus sylvatica, But Not Other Broad-Leaved Tree Species in Central European Mixed Forests

Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 560-572

  Zimmermann, Jorma ^a   Hauck, Markus ^a   Dulamsuren, Choimaa ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate warming; Competition; Dendrochronology; Drought; European beech; Forest dynamics; Mixed forest; Radial growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940005097     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9849-x     Document Type: Article

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