Drought sensitivity of Norway spruce is higher than that of silver fir along an altitudinal gradient in southwestern Germany

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-193

  Van Der Maaten Theunissen, Marieke ^a   Kahle, Hans Peter ^a   Van Der Maaten, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate growth relationships; Dendrochronology; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CALIBRATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DATA SET; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWING SEASON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE RING;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; GERMANY;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84878501467     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-012-0241-0     Document Type: Article

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