Climatic signals in tree-ring widths and wood structure of Pinus halepensis in contrasted environmental conditions

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 927-936

  Novak, Klemen ^a,b,c   de Luís, Martin ^a   Raventós, José ^b   Čufar, Katarina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Anatomical characteristics; Intra annual density fluctuations; Mediterranean; Pinus halepensis; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; DENSITY FLUCTUATION; MEDITERRANEAN; PINUS HALEPENSIS; TREE RINGS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WOODEN BUILDINGS;

FORESTRY;

BUILDINGS; FORESTRY; PINUS HALEPENSIS; WOOD;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 84880602939     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-013-0845-5     Document Type: Article

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