Continuously missing outer rings in woody plants at their distributional margins

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-222

  Wilmking, M ^a   Hallinger, M ^a   Van Bogaert, R ^b,c   Kyncl, T ^d   Babst, F ^e   Hahne, W ^a   Juday, G P ^f   De Luis, M ^g   Novak, K ^g   Vollm C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d DendroLab Brno   (Czech Republic)

^e SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dating; Growth stress; Missing rings; Prostate woody plants; Serial sectioning; Shrubs

Indexed keywords

BIOME; DATING METHOD; DEFOLIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; ELEVATION; GROWTH FORM; HERBIVORE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SHRUB; TREE RING;

ALASKA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862310374     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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