Climatic control of intra- and inter-annual wood-formation dynamics of Scots pine in northern Finland

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 422-431

  Seo, Jeong Wook ^a   Eckstein, Dieter ^a   Jalkanen, Risto ^b   Schmitt, Uwe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Climate control; Intra annual wood formation; Scots pine; Tree ring width

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; BOREAL FOREST; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWING SEASON; SNOW COVER; TREE RING; WOOD;

FINLAND;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79960221258     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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