Continental-scale climatic drivers of growth ring variability in an Australian conifer

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 925-934

  Bowman, David M J S ^a   Prior, Lynda D ^a   Tng, David Y P ^a   Hua, Quan ^b   Brodribb, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Callitris columellaris; Lumen diameter; Rainfall; Tracheids; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; ARID ZONES; AUSTRALIA; CALLITRIS COLUMELLARIS; CLIMATIC DRIVERS; DIAMETER GROWTH; GROWTH RINGS; LUMEN DIAMETER; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; MESIC SITES; PLANT GROWTH; RING WIDTH; TEMPERATURE REGIMES; TRACHEIDS; TREE GROWTH;

ARID REGIONS; FORESTRY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RAIN;

ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; CALLITRIS; ECOLOGY; EXTRACTIVES; FORESTRY; PLANTS; RAIN; TRACHEIDS;

CALLITRIS; CALLITRIS COLUMELLARIS; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 80052752496     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0567-5     Document Type: Article

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