Attributing forest responses to global-change drivers: Limited evidence of a CO2-fertilization effect in Iberian pine growth

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2220-2233

  Camarero, J Julio ^a   Gazol, Antonio ^a   Tardif, Jacques C ^b   Conciatori, France ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pinus; Basal area increment; CO2 fertilization effect; Dendroecology; Drought; Generalized additive models; Mediterranean pines; Spain; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BASAL AREA; CARBON DIOXIDE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROECOLOGY; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SITE INVESTIGATION; WATER BUDGET;

IBERIAN CORDILLERA; SPAIN;

PINUS NIGRA; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PINUS UNCINATA;

EID: 84943661349     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12590     Document Type: Article

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