Subalpine tree growth on serpentine soil: A dendroecological analysis

Plant Ecology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-221

  Oberhuber, Walter ^a   Pagitz, Konrad ^a   Nicolussi, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Heavy metals; Soil erosion; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH; SERPENTINE; TREE GROWTH; TREE-RING ANALYSIS;

PINACEAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0030616664     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009740106732     Document Type: Article

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