Variations of vessel diameter and δ13C in false rings of Arbutus unedo L. reflect different environmental conditions

New Phytologist

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1099-1112

  Battipaglia, Giovanna ^a,b   De Micco, Veronica ^c   Brand, Willi A ^d   Linke, Petra ^d   Aronne, Giovanna ^c   Saurer, Matthias ^e   Cherubini, Paolo ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arbutus unedo; Carbon isotopes; Dendrochronology; Intra annual density fluctuations; Mediterranean ecosystems; Quantitative wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLULOSE; RAIN;

ANATOMY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DIAMETER; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SHRUB; TREE RING; WATER AVAILABILITY; WOODY PLANT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; ERICACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; ITALY; METABOLISM; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT); WOOD;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CELLULOSE; ENVIRONMENT; ERICACEAE; ITALY; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; RAIN; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WOOD;

ELBA; ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; TUSCAN ARCHIPELAGO; TUSCANY;

ARBUTUS UNEDO;

EID: 78149402136     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03443.x     Document Type: Article

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