Variation in stem radial growth of the Australian conifer, Callitris columellaris, across the world's driest and least fertile vegetated continent

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1169-1179

  Prior, Lynda D ^a   Grierson, Pauline F ^b   McCaw, W Lachlan ^c   Tng, David Y P ^a   Nichols, Scott C ^a   Bowman, David M J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cupressaceae; Dendrochronology; Rainfall; Sampling bias; Soil fertility; Temperature; Tree growth

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; AUSTRALIA; AVERAGE WIDTH; CONTINENTAL SCALE; CUPRESSACEAE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RINGS; LANDSCAPE POSITIONS; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; RADIAL GROWTH; RING WIDTH; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; STEM DIAMETER; TEMPERATE FORESTS; TREE AGE; TREE GROWTH; TREE SIZE; TREE SPECIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGY; FERTILITY; FORESTRY; GROWTH; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; SAMPLING; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

CALLITRIS COLUMELLARIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE;

EID: 84864361279     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0693-8     Document Type: Article

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