Discrete versus continuous analysis of anatomical and δ 13C variability in tree rings with intra-annual density fluctuations

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 513-524

  de Micco, Veronica ^a   Battipaglia, Giovanna ^b,c,d   Brand, Willi A ^e   Linke, Petra ^e   Saurer, Matthias ^f   Aronne, Giovanna ^a   Cherubini, Paolo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arbutus unedo L.; Carbon isotopes; Elba island; Intra annual density fluctuations (IADFs); Mediterranean ecosystems; Quantitative wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ARBUTUS UNEDO; CARBON ISOTOPES; ELBA ISLAND; INTRA-ANNUAL DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS (IADFS); MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE WOOD ANATOMY;

ISOTOPES;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; DENSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; ISLANDS; ISOTOPES; MEDITERRANEAN; MICHIGAN; WOOD STRUCTURE;

ARBUTUS UNEDO;

EID: 84858288509     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0612-4     Document Type: Article

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