Sex-specific, age-dependent sensitivity of tree-ring growth to climate in the dioecious tree Juniperus thurifera

New Phytologist

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 687-697

  Rozas, Vicente ^a   DeSoto, Lucía ^b   Olano, José Miguel ^b  

^a Departamento de Ecologia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Dioecy; Growth rate; Juniperus thurifera (Spanish juniper); Mediterranean climate; Tree age; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DIOECY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; ONTOGENY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TREE RING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JUNIPERUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TREE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLIMATE; JUNIPERUS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS THURIFERA;

EID: 65249154732     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02770.x     Document Type: Article

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