Climate change, tree-ring width and wood density of pines in Mediterranean environments

IAWA Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 257-269

  Olivar, Jorge ^a,b   Rathgeber, Cyrille ^c   Bravo, Felipe ^a,b  

^a Universidad de Valladolid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

Aleppo pine; Drought; Maritime pine; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942417659     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: 22941932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-20150098     Document Type: Article

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