Climate signals in the ring widths and stable carbon, hydrogen and oxygen isotopic composition of Larix decidua growing at the forest limit in the southeastern European Alps

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1141-1154

  Hafner, Polona ^a   Robertson, Iain ^b   McCarroll, Danny ^b   Loader, Neil J ^b   Gagen, Mary ^b   Bale, Roderick J ^b,c   Jungner, Högne ^d   Sonninen, Eloni ^d   Hilasvuori, Emmi ^d   Levanič, Tom ^a  

^a SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Dendroclimatology; European larch; Slovenia; Stable isotopes; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; EUROPEAN LARCH; SLOVENIA; STABLE ISOTOPES; TREE RING;

CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; O RINGS; OXYGEN;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; FORESTRY; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; LARIX DECIDUA; METEOROLOGY; OXYGEN;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA;

EID: 81155134018     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0589-z     Document Type: Article

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