Studying Tree Responses to Extreme Events

• Main Author: Cristina Nabais (auth)
• Other Authors: Achim Brauning (auth), Sergio Rossi (auth), Ute Sass-Klaassen (auth), Andreas Bolte (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; Tree response; Genetic plasticity; mechanistic modeling; wood functional traits; Extreme climate events; Ecophysiology; Manipulation experiments; forest management
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Trees are among the longest-living organisms. They are sensitive to extreme climatic events and document the effects of environmental changes in form of structural modifications of their tissues. These modifications represent an integrated signal of complex biological responses enforced by the envir...