Impacts of more frequent droughts on a relict low-altitude Pinus uncinata stand in the French Alps
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Christophe Corona, Jérôme Lopez-Saez, Markus Stoffel*, Georges Rovéra, Jean-Louis Edouard and Frédéric Guibal 1 Centre National de Recherche Scientifique UMR6042 GEOLAB, Clermont-Ferrand, France 2 Laboratory of Dendrogeomorphology, Department of Exogene Geology, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland 3 IRSTEA, UR EMGR, Saint Martin d’Hères, France 4 Climatic Change and Climate Impacts, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland 5 Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Université Joseph Fourier UMR 5194 PACTE, Grenoble, France 6 Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, CCJ UMR 7299, 13094, Aix en Provence, France 7 Centre National de Recherche Scientifique UMR 7263 IMBE, Aix-en-Provence, France
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