Intra-annual density fluctuations in tree rings: How, when, where, and why?

IAWA Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 232-259

  De Micco, V ^a   Campelo, F ^b   De Luis, M ^c   Brauning A ^d   Grabner, M ^e   Battipaglia, G ^f,g   Cherubini, P ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^f SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^g INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^h SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Boreal climate; Cambial activity; Double rings; False rings; Intra annual density fluctuations (IADFs); Mediterranean ecosystems; Temperate zones; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969232972     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: 22941932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-20160132     Document Type: Article

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