Inner Alpine conifer response to 20th century drought swings

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-298

  Affolter, Pascale ^a   Büntgen, Ulf ^a,b   Esper, Jan ^c   Rigling, Andreas ^b   Weber, Pascale ^b   Luterbacher, Jürg ^d   Frank, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine drought; Dendroclimatology; Hydro climate; Tree ring width

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GROWTH RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ALPS; RHONE VALLEY;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; PICEA;

EID: 77952321535     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-009-0327-x     Document Type: Article

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