Tree rings from a European beech forest chronosequence are useful for detecting growth trends and carbon sequestration

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 481-492

  Bascietto, Marco ^a   Cherubini, Paolo ^b   Scarascia Mugnozza, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHRONOMETERS; CURVE FITTING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; EUROPEAN BEECH FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DENDROECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; TREE RING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 2342473908     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-214     Document Type: Article

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