Atlantic and Mediterranean synoptic drivers of central Spanish juniper growth

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 571-579

  Esper, Jan ^a   Großjean, Janine ^a   Camarero, Jesús Julio ^b,c   García Cervigón, Ana I ^d   Olano, José M ^d   González Rouco, J Fidel ^e   Domínguez Castro, Fernando ^f   Büntgen, Ulf ^g,h,i  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^g SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Global Change Research Centre AS CR vvi   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; GROWTH; RECONSTRUCTION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TREE RING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS THURIFERA;

EID: 85028208856     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-014-1254-4     Document Type: Article

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