Changes in climate-growth relationships and IADF formation over time of pine species (Pinus halepensis, P-pinaster and P-sylvestris) in Mediterranean environments

摘要

Background: The Mediterranean basin has experienced an increase in the mean annual temperature, a decrease in the mean annual precipitation, and an increase in the frequency of severe drought periods during the second half of the 20th century. However, winter and spring precipitation has increased and summer precipitation has decreased in the western Mediterranean region.