Dendrochronology of Quercus ilex L. and its potential use for climate reconstruction in the Mediterranean region

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2486-2493

  Campelo, F ^a,b   Nabais, C ^a   Garcia Gonzalez I ^c   Cherubini, P ^d   Gutierrez E ^b   Freitas, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; CLIMATE PROXIES; CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; COMPLEX TASK; CROSS SECTION; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; EVERGREEN SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PORTUGAL; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; POTENTIAL VALUES; PREVIOUS YEAR; QUERCUS ILEX; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; RIVER BASINS; TREE GROWTH; TREE RINGS; TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES; TREE-RING WIDTH;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; EVERGREEN FOREST; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; BIODIVERSITY; METEOROLOGY; PORTUGAL; PRECIPITATION; QUERCUS ILEX;

GUADIANA BASIN; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 72649105582     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-163     Document Type: Article

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