A summer temperature proxy from height increment of Scots pine since 1561 at the northern timberline in Fennoscandia

Holocene

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1131-1138

  Lindholm, Markus ^a   Ogurtsov, Maxim ^b   Aalto, Tarmo ^a   Jalkanen, Risto ^a   Salminen, Hannu ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fennoscandia; Height increment; Late Holocene; Northern timberline; Scots pine; Temperature proxy

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; HOLOCENE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREELINE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 70450028066     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683609345078     Document Type: Article

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