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Influence of Climatic Variables on Crown Condition in Pine Forests of Northern Spain

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Climate Change over the last century has created concern to the scientific community, as it could have a major impact on natural and social systems at local, regional and national scales. Greenhouse gasses emission has been modifying global climate, affecting ecosystems in very diverse ways (FAO 2012). Current mitigation policies derived from Kyoto Protocol are following two main strategies: reduction of gas emissions, and implementation of a sustainable development assuring persistence of greenhouse carbon sinks , including forests lands.

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Financial support of this study was provided by European Union, from the INTERREG IIIB Program, Atlantic area, exactly FORSEE Project. Thanks to Christophe Orazio for helping us to obtain the climatic data and for trust us to carry out this project.

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  1. iuFOR - Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute (UVA-INIA), Plant Production and Forest Resources Department, Universidad de Valladolid, Avenida de Madrid 44, 34004, Palencia, Spain

    A. V. Sanz-Ros

  2. Forest Health Centre of Calabazanos (Junta de Castilla y León), Polígono Industrial de Villamuriel, S/N. 34190. Villamuriel de Cerrato, Palencia, Spain

    A. V. Sanz-Ros

  3. iuFOR - Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, Universidad de Valladolid - INIA, Palencia, Spain

    J. A. Pajares & J. J. Díez

  4. Departamento de Producción Vegetal y Recursos Forestales, ETS de Ingenierías Agrarias, Universidad de Valladolid, Palencia, Spain

    J. A. Pajares & J. J. Díez

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    Felipe Bravo

  2. Forest Resources Management Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Sanz-Ros, A.V., Pajares, J.A., Díez, J.J. (2017). Influence of Climatic Variables on Crown Condition in Pine Forests of Northern Spain. In: Bravo, F., LeMay, V., Jandl, R. (eds) Managing Forest Ecosystems: The Challenge of Climate Change. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 34. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28250-3_6

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