Climate-growth variability in Quercus ilex L. west Iberian open woodlands of different stand density

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 802-802

  Gea Izquierdo, Guillermo ^a   Martín Benito, Dario ^a   Cherubini, Paolo ^b   Cañellas, Isabel ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dehesas; Dendroecology; Holm oak; Tree rings; Warming

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; SUMMER; TREE RING; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 71149088359     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009080     Document Type: Article

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