Dendrochronological assessment of the time since death of dead wood in an old growth Magellan's beech forest, Navarino Island (Chile)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-340

  Lombardi, Fabio ^a   Cocozza, Claudia ^a   Lasserre, Bruno ^a   Tognetti, Roberto ^a   Marchetti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Austral cold ecosystem; Cross dating technique; Dead wood decay progression; Dendrochronology; Nothofagus betuloides

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLASSIFICATION; DEAD WOOD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SITE INVESTIGATION; TREE RING;

CHILE; MAGALLANES; NAVARINO ISLAND;

FAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS BETULOIDES;

EID: 79955451128     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02154.x     Document Type: Article

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