Climate trends and land degradation effects on tree decline in the Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica) forests from northern Morocco;Efectos de las tendencias climáticas y la degradación del hábitat sobre el decaimiento de los cedrales (Cedrus atlantica) del norte de Marruecos

Ecosistemas

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 7-14

  Linares, J C ^a   Sarria, R Pazo ^a   Taiqui L ^b   Camarero, J J ^c   Ochoa, V ^d   Lechuga, V ^e   Seco, J I ^a   Vinegla B ^e   Sanguesa Barreda G ^f   Gilarte, P ^e   Merino, J ^a   Carreira, J A ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlas Cedar; Climate change; Dendroecology; Drought; Forest dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031718657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16972473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7818/ECOS.2012.21-3.02     Document Type: Article

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