A 250-year-long height-increment chronology for Pinus sylvestris at the northern coniferous timberline: A novel tool for reconstructing past summer temperatures?

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-81

  Pensa, Margus ^a   Salminen, Hannu ^a   Jalkanen, Risto ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Height growth; Lapland; Scots pine; Treeline

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; STAND STRUCTURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; LAPLAND; WORLD;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 18144423877     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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