Statistical modelling and RCS detrending methods provide similar estimates of long-term trend in radial growth of common beech in north-eastern France

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-107

  Bontemps, Jean Daniel ^a,b   Esper, Jan ^c  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b LERFoB   (France)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Fagus sylvatica; Growth trends; Standardisation; Statistical modelling

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GROWTH RATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

FRANCE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 79953332118     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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