Survival vs. growth trade-off in early recruitment challenges global warming impacts on Mediterranean mountain trees

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 369-378

  Benavides, Raquel ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^b   Coll, Lluís ^c   Ferrandis, Pablo ^d   Gouriveau, Fabrice ^c   Hódar, José A ^e   Ogaya, Romà ^f,i   Rabasa, Sonia G ^g   Granda, Elena ^g   Santamaría, Blanca P ^h   Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^f,j   Zamora, Regino ^e   Espelta, Josep M ^f   Peñuelas, Josep ^f,i   Valladares, Fernando ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^f CREAF   (Spain)

^g MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^h INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

ⁱ CSIC   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Climate change; Climatic gradient; Demographic stabilising processes; Elevational shift; Forest regeneration; Mediterranean forests; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEMOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGROWTH; SURVIVAL;

SPAIN;

FAGUS SYLVATICA; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PINUS UNCINATA; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84943455930     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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