Climatic influences on intra-annual stem radial increment of Pinus sylvestris (L.) exposed to drought

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 887-898

  Oberhuber, Walter ^a   Gruber, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dendrometer; Drought; Dry inner Alpine valley; Pinus sylvestris; Radial growth; Xylem cell analysis

Indexed keywords

DENDROMETER; DRY INNER ALPINE VALLEY; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RADIAL GROWTH; XYLEM CELL ANALYSIS;

CARBOHYDRATES; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WATER RESOURCES;

CURING;

CARBOHYDRATES; CURING; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANTS; SOIL; WATER RESOURCES;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77956680251     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0458-1     Document Type: Article

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