Tree ring width and wood density as the indicators of climatic factors and insect outbreaks affecting spruce growth

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 332-337

  Koprowski, Marcin ^a   Duncker, Philipp ^b  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Vocational School Mattenhof   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Insect outbreaks; Picea abies; Tree rings; Wood density

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; INSECT OUTBREAKS; PICEA ABIES; TREE RINGS; WOOD DENSITY;

CLIMATOLOGY; HARDWOODS;

FORESTRY;

BIOINDICATOR; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INSECT; POPULATION OUTBREAK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION; TREE RING; WOOD;

FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; INSECTS; METEOROLOGY; PICEA ABIES;

KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE; POLAND; TUCHOLA FOREST;

HEXAPODA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84860873197     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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