Intra-annual density fluctuations of Pinus pinaster are a record of climatic changes in the western Mediterranean region

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1567-1575

  Vieira, Joana ^a   Campelo, Filipe ^a   Nabais, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; AUTUMN PRECIPITATION; CLIMATE PROJECTION; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC INFORMATIONS; CLIMATIC SIGNALS; DENSITY FLUCTUATION; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; LATEWOOD; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PINUS PINASTER; RING-WIDTH; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TREE-RING WIDTH; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

METEOROLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANATOMY; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RECONSTRUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE RING;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 77958064038     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-096     Document Type: Article

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