Climate impact on growth dynamic and intra-annual density fluctuations in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) trees of different crown classes

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-47

  Olivar, Jorge ^a,b   Bogino, Stella ^c   Spiecker, Heinrich ^b   Bravo, Felipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Mediterranean climate; Spain; Tree ring growth

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANNUAL VARIATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SAMPLING; TREE RING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 84856300948     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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