Temporal instability in tree-growth/climate response in the Lower Bavarian Forest region: Implications for dendroclimatic reconstruction

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-28

  Wilson, Rob ^a   Elling, Wolfram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WEIHENSTEPHAN TRIESDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bavarian Forest; Dendroclimatology; Forest decline; Germany; Response change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; POWER PLANTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

TEMPOARL STABILITY;

FORESTRY;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 1642441362     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-003-0273-z     Document Type: Article

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