Long-Term Trends in Tree-Ring Width and Isotope Signatures (δ13C, δ15N) of Fagus sylvatica L. on Soils with Contrasting Water Supply

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1413-1428

  Härdtle, Werner ^a   Niemeyer, Thomas ^a   Assmann, Thorsten ^a   Baiboks, Saskia ^a   Fichtner, Andreas ^b   Friedrich, Uta ^a   Lang, Anne C ^a   Neuwirth, Burkhard ^c   Pfister, Laurent ^d   Ries, Christian ^e   Schuldt, Andreas ^a   Simon, Natalie ^a   von Oheimb, Goddert ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c DeLaWi Tree Ring Analysis ^*  (Germany)

^d LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^e MUSÉE NATIONAL D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

basal area increment; climate change; dendrochemistry; dendroecology; drought limitation; Luxembourg; nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE WATER CAPACITY; BASAL AREA; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROECOLOGY; DEPOSITION; DROUGHT; NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE RING; WATER SUPPLY;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84888004332     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9692-x     Document Type: Article

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