Influence of drought on tree rings and tracheid features of Pinus nigra and Pinus sylvestris in a mesic Mediterranean forest

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-45

  Martin Benito, Dario ^a   Beeckman, Hans ^b   Cañellas, Isabel ^c  

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

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Black pine; Climate reconstruction; Dendrochronology; Drought; Scots pine; Wood anatomy; Xylem

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CAVITATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREE RING; XYLEM;

SPAIN;

PINUS NIGRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84871947044     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-012-0652-3     Document Type: Article

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