An ecoclimatic framework for evaluating the resilience of vegetation to water deficit

Global Change Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1677-1689

  Mitchell, Patrick J ^a   O'Grady, Anthony P ^a   Pinkard, Elizabeth A ^a   Brodribb, Timothy J ^b   Arndt, Stefan K ^c   Blackman, Chris J ^d   Duursma, Remko A ^d   Fensham, Rod J ^e,f   Hilbert, David W ^a   Nitschke, Craig R ^c   Norris, Jaymie ^g   Roxburgh, Stephen H ^a   Ruthrof, Katinka X ^h   Tissue, David T ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT   (Australia)

^h MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate vulnerability; Climatic thresholds; Drought mortality; Drought resistance; Forest ecosystems; Plant hydraulics; Recruitment; Resilience; Tree die off

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; PINUS EDULIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EUCALYPTUS; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; TREE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTS; PINUS; TREES;

EID: 84958818130     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13177     Document Type: Article

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