Dominant tree species are at risk from exaggerated drought under climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3777-3785

  Fensham, Roderick J ^a,b   Fraser, Josie ^a   Macdermott, Harry J ^a   Firn, Jenifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate envelopes; Drought induced tree mortality; Recruitment; Resilience; Savanna

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SAVANNA; TREE;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGY; QUEENSLAND; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; FORESTS; QUEENSLAND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84941024359     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12981     Document Type: Article

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