Ring width and element concentrations in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) from a periurban forest in central Belgium

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-33

  Penninckx, V ^a   Meerts, P ^a   Herbauts, J ^a   Gruber, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dendrochemistry; Dendroecology; Fagus sylvatica; Forest decline; Growth climate relationships

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH; MINERAL; POLLUTION;

BELGIUM;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 0033521565     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00412-5     Document Type: Article

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