The longevity of broadleaf deciduous trees in Northern Hemisphere temperate forests: Insights from tree-ring series

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Di Filippo, Alfredo ^a   Pederson, Neil ^b   Baliva, Michele ^a   Brunetti, Michele ^c   Dinella, Anna ^a   Kitamura, Keiko ^d   Knapp, Hanns D ^e   Schirone, Bartolomeo ^a   Piovesan, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Life history traits; Old growth forest; Temperate deciduous forest; Tree longevity; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981198937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296701X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00046     Document Type: Article

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