Pine mortality in southeast Spain after an extreme dry and warm year: interactions among drought stress, carbohydrates and bark beetle attack

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1791-1804

  Garcia de la Serrana R ^a   Vilagrosa, A ^a   Alloza, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bark beetle infestation; Carbohydrates; Drought; Pine mortality; Temperature anomalies; Xylem cavitation

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; CAVITATION; CLIMATE MODELS; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BARK BEETLE; BARK BEETLE ATTACKS; CARBON STARVATION; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; HYDRAULIC FAILURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; PINE MORTALITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84948385690     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-015-1261-9     Document Type: Article

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