Human land-use, forest dynamics and tree growth at the treeline in the Western Italian Alps

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 739-747

  Motta, Renzo ^a   Morales, Mariano ^b   Nola, Paola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal area increment (BAI); Dendroecology; Herbivory; Larix decidua; Pinus cembra; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ALTITUDE; BASAL AREA; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROECOLOGY; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; LAND USE; OVERGRAZING; RECONSTRUCTION; REGENERATION; TREE RING; TREELINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUSA VALLEY;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PINUS CEMBRA; PINUS CEMBROIDES;

EID: 33751538667     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2006055     Document Type: Article

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