Tree rings of Pinus nigra from the Vienna basin region (Austria) show evidence of change in climatic sensitivity in the late 20th century

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 744-759

  Leal, Sofia ^a,d   Eamus, Derek ^b   Grabner, Michael ^a   Wimmer, Rupert ^a   Cherubini, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE VARIABLES; EMISSION SOURCES;

FORESTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

FORESTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS NIGRA; PRECIPITATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; VIENNA BASIN;

PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 43549112061     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-189     Document Type: Article

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