Dendroecology of dwarf shrubs in the high mountains of Norway - A methodological approach

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-27

  Bär, Annette ^a,c   Bräuning, Achim ^b   Löffler, Jörg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradients; Basal area increments; Empetrum hermaphroditum; Micro topography; Serial sectioning; Tree ring structure

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; DENDROECOLOGY; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; MOUNTAIN; SHRUB; TREE RING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDES MOUNTAINS; SCANDINAVIA;

EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM;

EID: 33746078064     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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