Comment on "Late 20th century growth acceleration in Greek firs (Abies cephalonica) from Cephalonica Island, Greece: A CO2 fertilization effect?"

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-227

  Frank, David ^a   Büntgen, Ulf ^a   Esper, Jan ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ABIES; ABIES CEPHALONICA;

EID: 70350704466     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2009.05.001     Document Type: Note

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