Interannual growth response of Norway spruce to climate along an altitudinal gradient in the Tatra Mountains, Poland

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 735-746

  Savva, Yuliya ^a,f   Oleksyn, Jacek ^b,c   Reich, Peter B ^c   Tjoelker, Mark G ^d   Vaganov, Eugene A ^a   Modrzynski, Jerzy ^e  

^a ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^f Centre d'Etudes de la Foret Universite du Quebec A Montreal Succursale Centre ville   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Dendroclimatology; Picea abies; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS;

MONTHLY TEMPERATURES; RADIAL GROWTH; RING-WIDTH CHRONOLOGIES;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH; METEOROLOGY; PICEA ABIES; TREES;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33751432908     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-006-0088-9     Document Type: Article

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