Contrasting impacts of continuous moderate drought and episodic severe droughts on the aboveground-biomass increment and litterfall of three coexisting Mediterranean woody species

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4196-4209

  Liu, Daijun ^a,b   Ogaya, Romà ^a,b   Barbeta, Adrià ^a,b   Yang, Xiaohong ^c   Peñuelas, Josep ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass increment; Droughts; Extreme episodes; Forest acclimation; Global warming; Litterfall; Net primary production

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ACCLIMATION; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; LITTERFALL; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WOODY PLANT;

CATALONIA; PRADES MOUNTAINS; SPAIN;

ARBUTUS UNEDO; PHILLYREA LATIFOLIA; QUERCUS ILEX;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ERICACEAE; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NUT; OAK; OLEACEAE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SHOOT; SPAIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ERICACEAE; FORESTS; NUTS; OLEACEAE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; QUERCUS; SPAIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84944066825     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13029     Document Type: Article

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