... conifer-ous stands in the French Jura and in Switzerland [10, 39], in the Vosges Mountains [3, 4], in the French and ItalianAlps [19, 22,43], in Belgium Ardenne [37], in Czech Repub-lic [44] and in Germany ... Abies alba in winter [24], high temperatures dur-ing the winter period could play a positive role in improvingcarbohydrate storage and growth of the following year. Warm-ing in winter could ... observed in Finland [35, 36] and in Germany [50] where summer drought in uenced both late-wood width and cell wall proportion in latewood. In conclusion, annual growth variations of Abies alba and Picea...