Climate factors promoting intra-annual density fluctuations in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) from semiarid sites

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-169

  De Luis, Martin ^a   Novak, Klemen ^a,b,c   Raventós, José ^b   Gričar, Jožica ^d   Prislan, Peter ^c   Čufar, Katarina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Climate; Dendrochronology; False ring; Intra annual density fluctuations; Mediterranean; Wood

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; TREE RING;

SPAIN;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 79958040413     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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