Exploration of long-term growth changes using the tree-ring detrending program "Spotty"

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-82

  Esper, Jan ^a,b   Krusic, Paul J ^c   Peters, Ken ^c   Frank, David ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Age trend; Dendrochronology; Detrending; Standardization; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH; LONG-TERM CHANGE; TREE RING;

EID: 63649114551     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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