Mortality of urban pines in Helsinki explored using tree rings and climate records

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 353-362

  Helama, Samuli ^a   Läänelaid, Alar ^b   Raisio, Juha ^c   Tuomenvirta, Heikki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c Public Works Department   (Finland)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dendrochronology; Drought; Pinus sylvestris; Plant ecology; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GROWTH; CLIMATE RECORD; CLIMATIC DATA; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH PERIOD; GROWTH RELEASE; GROWTH-VARIATION; HELSINKI; MOISTURE SENSITIVITY; PINE GROWTH; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT ECOLOGY; SCOTS PINE; STRESS FACTORS; TREE MORTALITY; TREE RINGS; TREE-RING ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBAN PARKS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

FORESTRY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CITIES; CLIMATES; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FINLAND; MORTALITY; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANTS; RINGS;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84858296652     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0597-z     Document Type: Article

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