Influence of wood harvest on tree-ring time-series of Picea abies in a temperate forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 284, Issue , 2012, Pages 86-92

  Esper, Jan ^a   Benz, Matthias ^a   Pederson, Neil ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Forest management; Germany; Picea abies; Single tree harvest; Tree ring width

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GERMANY; PICEA ABIES; SINGLE-TREE HARVEST; TREE-RING WIDTH;

CLIMATOLOGY; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); REPAIR;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES; TREE RING; WOOD;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GERMANY; HARVESTING; METEOROLOGY; PICEA ABIES;

GERMANY;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84865310828     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.07.047     Document Type: Article

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