Ring-width chronologies of the alpine dwarf shrub Empetrum hermaphroditum from the Norwegian mountains

IAWA Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-338

  Bär, Annette ^a,b   Bräuning, Achim ^c   Löffler, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic and alpine research; Climate growth relationships; Dendroecology; Norway; Scandes; Serial sectioning method

Indexed keywords

BETULA PUBESCENS; EMPETRUM; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM;

EID: 34548413118     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90001644     Document Type: Article

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