Spatial variability in large-scale and regional atmospheric drivers of Pinus halepensis growth in eastern Spain

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1106-1119

  Pasho, Edmond ^a,b   Camarero, J Julio ^a   de Luis, Martín ^c   Vicente Serrano, Sergio M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Dendrochronology; Eastern Spain; Pinus halepensis; Weather types

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SPAIN;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 79957460415     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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