The Tree Decline Recovery Seesaw; a conceptual model of the decline and recovery of drought stressed plantation trees

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 370, Issue , 2016, Pages 102-113

  Whyte, G ^a   Howard, K ^a   Hardy, G E St J ^a   Burgess, T I ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decline; Mortality; Plantation; Recovery; Stressors; Tree vigour

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; RECOVERY;

DECLINE; MORTALITY; PLANTATION; STRESSORS; TREE VIGOUR;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPLEXITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; PEST SPECIES; PLANTATION; POPULATION DECLINE; REGENERATION; VIGOR;

EID: 84962425778     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.03.041     Document Type: Review

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