Drought is the major limiting factor for tree-ring growth of high-altitude Canary Island Pines on Tenerife

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-71

  Jonsson, Stig ^a   Gunnarson, Björn ^a   Criado, Constantino ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Mediterranean climate; Missing tree rings; Pinus canariensis; Polar front; Tenerife; Trade wind inversion; Tree limit; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; GROWTH RATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREE RING;

CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0036264404     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2002.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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