Further observations on sudden diebacks of Scots pine in the European Alps

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-117

  Gonthier, Paolo ^a   Giordano, Luana ^a   Nicolotti, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Crown transparency; Ecophysiology; Forest dieback; Scots pine; Tree ring width

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SURVEYS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSPARENCY;

CROWN TRANSPARENCIES; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOREST DIEBACK; SCOTS PINE; TREE-RING WIDTH;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DIEBACK; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; EVERGREEN FOREST; MORTALITY; TIME SERIES; TREE RING;

ANOMALIES; CLIMATES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LAND; PARAMETERS; PATHOGENS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SURVEYS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSPARENCE; TREES;

ITALY; VALLE D'AOSTA;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77949398823     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc86110-1     Document Type: Article

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