Spatial and altitudinal bioclimatic zones of the Italian peninsula identified from a beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) tree-ring network

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-210

  Piovesan, Gianluca ^a   Biondi, Franco ^b   Bernabei, Mauro ^c   Di Filippo, Alfredo ^a   Schirone, Bartolomeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c CNR IVALSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Dendroecology; European beech; Italy; Phytoclimate; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 20444383497     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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