Dendrochronological analysis of urban trees: Climatic response and impact of drought on frequently used tree species

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1079-1093

  Gillner, Sten ^a   Bräuning, Achim ^b   Roloff, Andreas ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate growth; Drought; Pointer years; Superposed epoch analyzes; Urban tree species

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; POINTER YEARS; SELF-CALIBRATED PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; SUPERPOSED EPOCH ANALYZES; SUPERPOSED-EPOCH ANALYSIS; URBAN TREES;

URBAN GROWTH;

ACER PLATANOIDES; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; CLIMATES; DROUGHT; HUMIDITY; PRECIPITATION;

ACER PLATANOIDES; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; QUERCUS PETRAEA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 85027920550     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-014-1019-9     Document Type: Article

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