Dendrochronology of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) in an old-growth pollarded woodland in northern Spain: Tree-ring growth responses to climate

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-218

  Rozas, Vicente ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Centro de Investigaciones Ambientales de Lourizan   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate; Dendroecology; Kalman filter; Response function; Ring width

Indexed keywords

DENDROECOLOGY;

CANTABRIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 20344397736     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2005012     Document Type: Article

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