Dendroclimatological analysis of seeded and thinned Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands at the coniferous timberline

New Forests

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-284

  Helama, Samuli ^a   Salminen, Hannu ^b   Timonen, Mauri ^b   Varmola, Martti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Arctic Oscillation; Lapland; Northern Annular Mode; Subarctic; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH KINETICS;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN ANNULAR MODE; TREE-RINGS;

FORESTRY;

AFFORESTATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; REFORESTATION; SEEDING; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THINNING; TREE RING; TREELINE;

FORESTATION; FORESTRY; GENES; GROWTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAPLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 43449121246     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-007-9076-1     Document Type: Article

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