Dendroecological analysis of a rare sub-canopy tree: Effects of climate, latitude, habitat conditions and forest history

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-17

  Rasmussen, Kristine Kjørup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climatic response; Ellenberg indicator values; Forest management; Precipitation; Sorbus torminalis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DENDROECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RARE SPECIES; TREE RING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWITZERLAND;

SORBUS; SORBUS TORMINALIS;

EID: 34247116432     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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