Isotopic and anatomical signals for interpreting fire-related responses in pinus halepensis

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1095-1104

  Battipaglia, Giovanna ^a,b   de Micco, Veronica ^c   Fournier, Thomas ^b   Aronne, Giovanna ^c   Carcaillet, Christopher ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fire; Quantitative wood anatomy; Tree rings; Water use efficiency; ^{13< sup>C; 18< sup>O}

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; O RINGS;

ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; PINUS HALEPENSIS MILLS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE WOOD ANATOMY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE RINGS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

FIRES;

BASAL AREA; CONDUCTIVITY; ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; PINUS HALEPENSIS; SIGNALS;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 84908018884     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-014-1020-3     Document Type: Article

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