Recent climate hiatus revealed dual control by temperature and drought on the stem growth of Mediterranean Quercus ilex

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 42-55

  Lempereur, Morine ^a,b   Limousin, Jean Marc ^a   Guibal, Frédéric ^c   Ourcival, Jean Marc ^a   Rambal, Serge ^a,d   Ruffault, Julien ^a,c,e   Mouillot, Florent ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maitrise de l'Energie   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

basal area increment; climate change; climate hiatus; climate growth response; drought; growth duration; growth phenology; Quercus ilex

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIMITING FACTOR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHENOLOGY; STEM; TEMPERATURE;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

WATER;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OAK; PLANT STEM; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; PLANT STEMS; QUERCUS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84997666810     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13495     Document Type: Article

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