Increased water use efficiency does not prevent growth decline of Pinus canariensis in a semi-arid treeline ecotone in Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain).
Patricia BritoThorsten E E GramsRainer MatysssekMaria S JimenezAgueda M Gonzalez-RodríguezWalter OberhuberGerhard WieserPublished in: Annals of forest science (2016)
Our results indicate that increasing aridity has overridden the potential CO2 fertilization on tree growth of P. canariensis at its upper distribution limit.