Response of Pinus leucodermis to climate and anthropogenic activity in the National Park of Pollino (Basilicata, Southern Italy)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 507-519

  Todaro, Luigi ^a   Andreu, Laia ^b   D'Alessandro, Carmela Miriam ^a   Gutiérrez, Emilia ^b   Cherubini, Paolo ^c   Saracino, Antonio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earlywood; Latewood; Mediterranean mountain tree line; Resin ducts; Ring width

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RECRUITMENT; TREE RING; TREELINE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

BALKANS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; POLLINO NATIONAL PARK; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PINUS HELDREICHII;

EID: 34249302082     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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