Comparative dendroclimatic study of Scots pine, Norway spruce, and silver fir in the Vrancea Range, Eastern Carpathian Mountains

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-106

  Bouriaud, O ^a   Popa, I ^a  

^a Institutul de Cercetari si Amenajari Silvice Romania   (Romania)

Author keywords

Carpathian Mountains; Chronological variability; Conifers; Dendroclimatology; Drought

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; LANDFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SILVER; SOIL MOISTURE;

CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS; CHRONOLOGICAL VARIABILITY; CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS; CONIFEROUS SPECIES; CONIFERS; DENDROCLIMATIC STUDIES; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; SILVER FIR (ABIES ALBA MILL.);

FORESTRY;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAINS; PICEA; PINUS; PRECIPITATION; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOIL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 58449129684     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-008-0258-z     Document Type: Article

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