Climatic significance of tree-ring width and intra-annual density fluctuations in Pinus pinea from a dry Mediterranean area in Portugal

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-238

  Campelo, Filipe ^a   Nabais, Cristina ^a   Freitas, Helena ^a   Gutiérrez, Emilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

False tree ring; Mediterranean climate; Pinus pinea; Radial growth; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DORMANCY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; TREE RING;

ALENTEJO; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PINUS PINEA;

EID: 34547161365     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2006107     Document Type: Article

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