Detecting long-term growth trends using tree rings: A critical evaluation of methods

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2040-2054

  Peters, Richard L ^a,b   Groenendijk, Peter ^a   Vlam, Mart ^a   Zuidema, Pieter A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age size trend; Climate change; Dendrochronology; Detrending; Growth trends; Regional curve standardization; Tree growth; Tree ontogeny; Tree ring analysis; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; ONTOGENY; STANDARDIZATION; TREE RING; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

MELIA AZEDARACH;

AGE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MELIA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; TREE; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT);

AGE FACTORS; DATA ACCURACY; MELIA; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; TREES;

EID: 84927929314     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12826     Document Type: Article

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