Complex climate constraints of upper treeline formation in the Pyrenees

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 941-952

  de Andrés, Ester González ^a   Camarero, J Julio ^b   Büntgen, Ulf ^c,d,e  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e Global Change Research Centre AS CR   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Basal area increment; Drought stress; Mediterranean; Pinus uncinata; Temperature; Treeline

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

BASAL AREA INCREMENT; DROUGHT STRESS; MEDITERRANEAN; PINUS UNCINATA; TREELINE;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84940005209     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-015-1176-5     Document Type: Article

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