Structural overshoot of tree growth with climate variability and the global spectrum of drought-induced forest dieback

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 3742-3757

  Jump, Alistair S ^a,b   Ruiz Benito, Paloma ^a,c   Greenwood, Sarah ^a   Allen, Craig D ^d   Kitzberger, Thomas ^e   Fensham, Rod ^f,g   Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^b,h   Lloret, Francisco ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^f QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

climate change; drought; extreme events; forest dynamics; mortality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIEBACK; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; TREE;

EID: 85014280596     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13636     Document Type: Review

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