@article{fdi:010064784,
  title = {{G}rowth duration is a better predictor of stem increment than carbon supply in a {M}editerranean oak forest : implications for assessing forest productivity under climate change},
  author = {{L}empereur, {M}. and {M}artin-{S}t{P}aul, {N}. {K}. and {D}amesin, {C}. and {J}offre, {R}. and {O}urcival, {J}. {M}. and {R}ocheteau, {A}lain and {R}ambal, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{U}nderstanding whether tree growth is limited by carbon gain (source limitation) or by the direct effect of environmental factors such as water deficit or temperature (sink limitation) is crucial for improving projections of the effects of climate change on forest productivity. {W}e studied the relationships between tree basal area ({BA}) variations, eddy covariance carbon fluxes, predawn water potential ((pd)) and temperature at different timescales using an 8-yr dataset and a rainfall exclusion experiment in a {Q}uercus ilex {M}editerranean coppice. {A}t the daily timescale, during periods of low temperature (<5 degrees {C}) and high water deficit (<-1.1{MP}a), gross primary productivity and net ecosystem productivity remained positive whereas the stem increment was nil. {T}hus, stem increment appeared limited by drought and temperature rather than by carbon input. {A}nnual growth was accurately predicted by the duration of {BA} increment during spring (t(t0-t1)). {T}he onset of growth (t(0)) was related to winter temperatures and the summer interruption of growth (t(1)) to a threshold (pd) value of -1.1{MP}a. {W}e suggest that using environmental drivers (i.e. drought and temperature) to predict stem growth phenology can contribute to an improvement in vegetation models and may change the current projections of {M}editerranean forest productivity under climate change scenarios.},
  keywords = {carbon partitioning ; climate change ; drought ; extreme event ; {Q}uercus ilex ; tree water relation ; vegetation models ; water deficit ; {FRANCE} ; {ZONE} {MEDITERRANEENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ew {P}hytologist},
  volume = {207},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {579--590},
  ISSN = {0028-646{X}},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1111/nph.13400},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064784},
}