The influence of sampling design on tree-ring-based quantification of forest growth

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2867-2885

  Nehrbass Ahles, Christoph ^a,c   Babst, Flurin ^a,b   Klesse, Stefan ^a,c   Nötzli, Magdalena ^a   Bouriaud, Olivier ^d   Neukom, Raphael ^a,c,e   Dobbertin, Matthias ^a   Frank, David ^a,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Institutul de Cercetari si Amenajari Silvice Romania   (Romania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Climate reconstruction; Climate response; Forest productivity; Growth trends; Sampling bias; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; SAMPLING BIAS; TREE RING;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PLANT STEM; SELECTION BIAS; SWITZERLAND; TREE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTS; PLANT STEMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION BIAS; SWITZERLAND; TREES;

EID: 84905115143     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12599     Document Type: Article

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