Araucaria araucana tree-ring chronologies in Argentina: Spatial growth variations and climate influences

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 443-458

  Mundo, Ignacio A ^a,b   Juñent, Fidel A Roig ^a   Villalba, Ricardo ^a   Kitzberger, Thomas ^c   Barrera, Marcelo D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS Y FORESTALES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AAO; ENSO; Growth patterns; Northern Patagonia; PCA; PDSI

Indexed keywords

AAO; ENSO; GROWTH PATTERNS; PATAGONIA; PCA; PDSI;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

FORESTRY;

ARAUCARIA; CLIMATES; FORESTRY; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PATAGONIA; PATTERNS; RINGS;

ARAUCARIA ARAUCANA; AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84858280505     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0605-3     Document Type: Article

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