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Genetic Background of Response of Trees to Aridification at the Xeric Forest Limit and Consequences for Bioclimatic Modelling

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Bioclimatology and Natural Hazards

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Trees, as dominant components of forest ecosystems, are of high ecological importance in the temperate belt and receive much attention with regard to adaptation potential and future risks of diversity loss and extinction. Much of the climate change literature however is based on simulations and models, the genetic background of which is often deduced from results with annuals or other fast reproducing organisms.

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  1. Institute of Environmental Sciences, West Hungarian University, Ady Endre Str. 5, Sopron, 9400, Hungary

    Cs. Mátyás (Faculty of Forestry)

  2. Forest Research Institute Experimental Station, Sárvár, Hungary

    L. Nagy

  3. Forest Research Institute Experimental Station, Mátrafüred, Hungary

    É. Ujvári Jármay

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  1. Technical University Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, 960 53, Zvolen, Slovakia

    Katarína Střelcová (Faculty of Forestry), Jaroslav Škvarenina  & Ján Holécy (Faculty of Forestry),  & 

  2. Institute of Environmental and Earth Sciences, West Hungarian University, Ady Endre Str. 5, Sopron, 9400, Hungary

    Csaba Mátyás (Faculty of Forestry) (Faculty of Forestry)

  3. Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knoell-Str. 10, 07745, Jena, Germany

    Axel Kleidon

  4. Physics & Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina - F1, 842 48, Bratislava, Slovakia

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  5. Geophysical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 28, Bratislava, Slovakia

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  6. Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SŠtúrova 2, 960 53, Zvolen, Slovakia

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Mátyás, C., Nagy, L., Jármay, É.U. (2009). Genetic Background of Response of Trees to Aridification at the Xeric Forest Limit and Consequences for Bioclimatic Modelling. In: Střelcová, K., et al. Bioclimatology and Natural Hazards. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8876-6_16

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