[MCN] 2 pine species demonstrate response to heat and drought

[Lance Olsen]

Forest Ecology and Management Volume 363, 1 March 2016, Pages 149-158

Contrasting growth and mortality responses to 
climate warming of two pine species in a 
continental Mediterranean ecosystem
Estela Herguido, Elena Granda, Raquel Benavides, 
Ana I. García-Cervigón, J. Julio Camarero, 
Fernando Valladares

Highlights

*Mediterranean pine forests are threatened by 
increasing warming-related aridification.

*Secondary growth and mortality patterns vary 
between two closely related pine species.

*Sustained drought stress predisposes Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii to death.

*Punctual drought conditions trigger death events in Pinus sylvestris.

*Site conditions modulate growth patterns and drought-induced mortality events.

Abstract
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112715007653
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