Needle accumulation rate model-based reconstruction of palaeo-tree biomass in the western subalpine Alps

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 579-587

  Blarquez, Olivier ^a,b   Carcaillet, Christopher ^a,b   Elzein, Tasneem M ^a,b   Roiron, Paul ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

biomass; calibration; fire; Larix decidua; macroremains; Pinus cembra; trees

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BASAL AREA; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOLOCENE; LEAF LITTER; PHYTOMASS; RECONSTRUCTION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ALPS;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PINUS CEMBRA;

EID: 84859309377     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611427333     Document Type: Article

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