Species-specific responses of wood growth to flooding and climate in floodplain forests in Central Germany

With ongoing climate change, episodes of severe flooding are predicted to become more frequent despite a general trend towards increasing summer drought. We investigated how wood growth of adult trees of two species characteristic of floodplain forests in Central Germany (Fraxinus excelsior L., Quer...

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Main Authors: Heklau H, Jetschke G, Bruelheide H, Seidler G, Haider S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF) 2019-06-01
Series:iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry
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Online Access:https://iforest.sisef.org/contents/?id=ifor2845-012