Contrasting effects of wildfire and climate on radial growth of Pinus canariensis on windward and leeward slopes on Tenerife, Canary Islands

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 895-905

  Rozas, Vicente ^a   Pérez de Lis, Gonzalo ^b   García González, Ignacio ^b   Arévalo, J Ramón ^c  

^a MISIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE GALICIA CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absent tree rings; Climatic response; Dendroecology; Growth pattern; Growth suppression; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC RESPONSE; DENDROECOLOGY; GROWTH PATTERN; GROWTH SUPPRESSION; TREE RINGS; WILDFIRE;

FOG; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

FIRES;

CANARY ISLANDS; EXTRACTIVES; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; PLANTS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

PINUS CANARIENSIS;

EID: 80052714031     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0564-8     Document Type: Article

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