Spectral analysis on mountain pine tree-ring chronologies

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 145-154

  Zanzi, Antonella ^a   Pelfini, Manuela ^b   Muttoni, Giovanni ^b   Santilli, Maurizio ^b   Leonelli, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Italian Alps; Mountain pine; Sheetfloods; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; CYCLICITY; DECADAL VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GROWTH RATE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; MONTANE FOREST; SHEET FLOW; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; SONDRIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VALLE DEL GALLO; VALTELLINA;

PINUS MUGO;

EID: 33846111683     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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