Climate effect on radial growth of Pinus sylvestris at its southern and western distribution limits

Silva Fennica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 609-623

  Bogino, Stella ^a   Fernandez Nieto M J ^a   Bravo, Felipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Pulse and interpulse; Scots pine; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECTS; CLIMATE FORECASTS; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT INDICES; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; GROWING SEASON; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PULSE AND INTERPULSE; RADIAL GROWTH; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SCOTS PINE; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; TREE AGE; TREE GROWTH; TREE RING; TREE-RING WIDTH; YOUNG STANDS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; ORE REDUCTION;

FORESTRY;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SILVICULTURE; TREE RING;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RINGS; TREES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 70350716340     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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