Instability of climate signal in tree-ring width in Mediterranean mountains: A multi-species analysis

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 715-729

  Lebourgeois, F ^a,b   Merian P ^a,b   Courdier, F ^c   Ladier, J ^d   Dreyfus, P ^c  

^a LERFoB   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c French National Institute for Agriculture   (France)

^d Domaine Forestier de la Providence   (France)

Author keywords

Abies; Climate change; Dendroecology; Divergence; Fagus; Moving correlations; Pinus

Indexed keywords

ABIES; DENDROECOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; FAGUS; MOVING CORRELATIONS; PINUS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SOIL MOISTURE;

FORESTRY;

ABIES ALBA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; MOUNTAINS; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SIGNALS;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PINUS UNCINATA;

EID: 84860453515     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0638-7     Document Type: Article

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