Higher Winter-Spring Temperature and Winter-Spring/Summer Moisture Availability Increase Scots Pine Growth on Coastal Dune Microsites Around the South Baltic Sea

Coastal sand dunes near the Baltic Sea are a dynamic environment marking the boundary between land and sea and oftentimes covered by Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forests. Complex climate-environmental interactions characterize these ecosystems and largely determine the productivity and state of...

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Main Authors: Karolina Janecka, Jill E. Harvey, Mario Trouillier, Ryszard J. Kaczka, Sandra Metslaid, Marek Metslaid, Allan Buras, Martin Wilmking
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/ffgc.2020.578912/full