Climatic control of intra-annual wood density fluctuations of Pinus pinaster in NW Spain

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 443-453

  Rozas, Vicente ^a   García González, Ignacio ^b   Zas, Rafael ^a  

^a MISIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE GALICIA CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic climate; Dendrochronology; East Atlantic pattern; False tree rings; Pinus pinaster; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC CLIMATE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EAST ATLANTIC PATTERN; PINUS PINASTER; TREE RINGS; WATER BALANCE;

CLIMATOLOGY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 79956080252     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0519-5     Document Type: Article

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