Climate sensitivity of radial growth in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) at different aspects in southwestern Germany

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 777-788

  van der Maaten, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Radial growth; Redundancy analysis (RDA); Self calibrating Palmer drought severity index; Tree size

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLIMATIC FACTORS; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROUGHT SUSCEPTIBILITY; EUROPEAN BEECH; GERMANY; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); RADIAL GROWTH; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SEASONAL DATUM; SELF-CALIBRATING; TREE SIZE; UNDERLYING CAUSE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REDUNDANCY;

FORESTRY;

DROUGHT; FAGUS SYLVATICA; GERMANY; GROWTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEMS;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84860466067     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0645-8     Document Type: Article

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