Factors affecting forest dynamics in the Iberian Peninsula from 1987 to 2012. The role of topography and drought

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 406, Issue , 2017, Pages 290-306

  José Vidal Macua, Juan ^a   Ninyerola, Miquel ^a   Zabala, Alaitz ^a   Domingo Marimon, Cristina ^b   Pons, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boosted regression trees; Broadleaf deciduous species; Broadleaf evergreen species; Conifer species; Driving factors; Drought; Ecological succession; Forest dynamics; Forest shifts; Iberian Peninsula

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

BOOSTED REGRESSION TREES; BROADLEAF DECIDUOUS SPECIES; BROADLEAF EVERGREEN SPECIES; CONIFER SPECIES; DECIDUOUS SPECIES; DRIVING FACTORS; ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSIONS; EVERGREEN SPECIES; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST SHIFT; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST DYNAMICS; LANDSAT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION COVER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 85031713877     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.10.011     Document Type: Article

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