Vulnerability of Norway spruce to climate change in mountain forests of the European Alps

Climate Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-132

  Hartl Meier, Claudia ^a,b   Zang, Christian ^b   Dittmar, Christoph ^c   Esper, Jan ^a   Göttlein, Axel ^b   Rothe, Andreas ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Environmental Research and Education (UFB)   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WEIHENSTEPHAN TRIESDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Drought; Extreme events; Northern European Alps; Picea abies; Tree ring width

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; LANDFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DENDROECOLOGY; EUROPEAN ALPS; EXTREME EVENTS; PICEA ABIES; TREE-RING WIDTH;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84904504731     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01226     Document Type: Article

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