Summer climate variability over the last 250years differently affected tree species radial growth in a mesic Fagus-Abies-Picea old-growth forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 320, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-29

  Castagneri, D ^a   Nola, P ^b   Motta, R ^c   Carrer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decadal growth fluctuation; Mixed forest; Moving window; Old growth; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

DECADAL GROWTH FLUCTUATION; MIXED FORESTS; MOVING WINDOW; OLD-GROWTH; TREE RINGS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; MIXED FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

FORESTRY; GROWTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84896267947     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.02.023     Document Type: Article

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