Drought responses by individual tree species are not often correlated with tree species diversity in European forests

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1725-1734

  Forrester, David I ^a   Bonal, Damien ^b   Dawud, Seid ^c   Gessler, Arthur ^d,e   Granier, André ^b   Pollastrini, Martina ^f   Grossiord, Charlotte ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c WOLLO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^e BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^g LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon isotopes; climate change; competition; complementarity; drought; European mixed species forest; facilitation; forest diversity; species interaction; water stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOINDICATOR; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COMPLEMENTARITY; DROUGHT STRESS; FACILITATION; FOREST HEALTH; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER STRESS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84994631359     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12745     Document Type: Article

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