Conifer stem growth at the altitudinal treeline in response to four years of CO2 enrichment

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2417-2430

  Handa, I Tanya ^a   Körner, Christian ^a   Hättenschwiler, Stephan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Earlywood; Elevated CO2; FACE; Larix decidua; Latewood; Pinus uncinata; Ringwidth; Tracheid

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; TREE RING; TREELINE;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; INSECTA; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PINUS UNCINATA;

EID: 33845253846     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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