Evaluating the dendroclimatological potential of Taxus baccata (yew) in southwest Ireland

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 144-152

  Galvin, Stephen ^a   Potito, Aaron ^a   Hickey, Kieran ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Dendroclimatology; Ireland; Taxus baccata

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949324887     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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