Volcanic explosive eruptions of the Vesuvio decrease tree-ring growth but not photosynthetic rates in the surrounding forests

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1122-1137

  Battipaglia, Giovanna ^a,b   Cherubini, Paolo ^b   Saurer, Matthias ^c   Siegwolf, Rolf T W ^c   Strumia, Sandro ^a   Cotrufo, M Francesca ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

13C and 18O; Climate change; Dendroecology; Multivariate analysis; Photosynthesis; Relative humidity; Treerings; Vesuvio; Volcanic eruptions

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROECOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE RING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VESUVIUS;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 34250313515     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01350.x     Document Type: Article

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