Tree-ring growth and intra-annual density fluctuations of Pinus pinaster responses to climate: Does size matter?

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 763-772

  Campelo, Filipe ^a   Vieira, Joana ^a   Nabais, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological wood anatomy; False rings; IADFs; Mediterranean climate; Tree size

Indexed keywords

FALSE RINGS; IADFS; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; TREE SIZE; WOOD ANATOMY;

CLIMATOLOGY; LASERS;

FORESTRY;

ANATOMY; FORESTRY; LASERS; METEOROLOGY; WOOD;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 84877822519     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0831-3     Document Type: Article

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