Age, climate and intra-annual density fluctuations in Pinus halepensis in Spain

IAWA Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 459-474

  Novak, Klemen ^a,b,c   Čufar, Katarina ^b   De Luis, Martin ^a   Sánchez, Miguel Angel Saz ^a   Raventós, Josep ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aleppo pine; Mediterranean; tree rings; wood structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890063914     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: 22941932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-00000037     Document Type: Article

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