Climatic responses of tree-ring width and δ13C signatures of sessile oak (Quercus petraea Liebl.) on soils with contrasting water supply

Plant Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1147-1156

  Härdtle, Werner ^a   Niemeyer, Thomas ^a   Assmann, Thorsten ^a   Aulinger, Armin ^b   Fichtner, Andreas ^c   Lang, Anne ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^d   Neuwirth, Burkhard ^e   Pfister, Laurent ^f   Quante, Markus ^b   Ries, Christian ^g   Schuldt, Andreas ^a   von Oheimb, Goddert ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e DeLaWi Tree Ring Analysis ^*  (Germany)

^f LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^g MUSÉE NATIONAL D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dendrochemistry; Dendroecology; Luxembourg; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE WATER CAPACITY; BASAL AREA; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; PLASTICITY; REGOSOL; RESILIENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE; TREE RING; WATER SUPPLY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX]; LUXEMBOURG [LUXEMBOURG (NTN)];

QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 84881244934     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0239-1     Document Type: Article

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