Mediterranean dwarf shrubs and coexisting trees present different radial-growth synchronies and responses to climate

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1687-1698

  Gazol, Antonio ^a   Camarero, J Julio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Annual ring; Chamaephyte; Dendrochronology; Hormathophylla spinosa; Linum suffruticosum; Ononis fruticosa

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COEXISTENCE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE RING;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; HORMATHOPHYLLA SPINOSA; LINUM; ONONIS FRUTICOSA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84870308899     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0124-3     Document Type: Article

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