Environmental heterogeneity and neighbourhood interference modulate the individual response of Juniperus thurifera tree-ring growth to climate

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-113

  Rozas, Vicente ^a   Olano, José Miguel ^b  

^a MISIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE GALICIA CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; Dendroecology; Environmental constraints; Individual variation; Mediterranean climate; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH; HETEROGENEITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREE RING; WOODLAND;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS THURIFERA;

EID: 84878017397     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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