Temporal patterns of radial growth in declining Austrocedrus chilensis forests in Northern Patagonia: The use of tree-rings as an indicator of forest decline

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 265, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-70

  Amoroso, Mariano M ^a   Daniels, Lori D ^b   Larson, Bruce C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Forest decline; Mal del cipr s; Stand dynamics; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; DENDROECOLOGY; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; FOREST DECLINE; HISTORICAL RECORDS; INDIVIDUAL TREE; PATAGONIA; RADIAL GROWTH; RING-WIDTH; SITE-SPECIFIC; STAND DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TREE MORTALITY; TREE RINGS; WATER UPTAKE;

CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HISTORICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; STAND DYNAMICS; SYMPTOM; TREE RING;

FORESTRY; GROWTH; METEOROLOGY; MORTALITY; PATAGONIA; RINGS; TREES;

PATAGONIA;

AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS;

EID: 82055191716     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.021     Document Type: Article

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