The impact of sea erosion on coastal Pinus pinea stands: A diachronic analysis combining tree-rings and ecological markers

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 773-781

  Raddi, Sabrina ^a   Cherubini, Paolo ^b   Lauteri, Marco ^c   Magnani, Federico ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Dendrochronology; Pollution; Salt stress

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; CROPS; EROSION; FORESTRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HARDWOODS; LANDFORMS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; ANNUAL VARIABILITIES; CARBON ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATIONS; COASTAL EROSION; CONTROL SITES; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH DECLINES; MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS; PAIR-WISE COMPARISONS; PINE GROWTHS; PINUS PINEA; SALT STRESS; SALTY WATERS; SANDY COASTS; SAPWOOD AREAS; SEA WATERS; STONE PINES; STRESS MECHANISMS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TUSCANY; WATER TABLES;

SOIL MECHANICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL EROSION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; MARINE POLLUTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREE RING; WATER TABLE;

AQUIFERS; COASTS; EROSION; FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; HARDWOODS; MATERIALS; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION; SALINITY; SOIL MECHANICS; SURFACTANTS; WATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

PINUS CEMBROIDES; PINUS PINEA;

EID: 58149280223     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.025     Document Type: Article

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