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... east ofthestudy site Theclimateinthe area under study is Atlantic, with temperate and wet winters, and periods of summer drought in occasional years only Rainfall records at the weather station ... indices and 29% ofthe oak one can be explained by climate alone (figure 3) The percentages of radial growth variation related to climateinthe Caviedes forest, are within the usual range in other ... under study decreased, at least at a local scale Finally, in winter 1978 a cyclone devastated a Monterey pine plantation located 0.8 km apart fromthe Caviedes forest, and as a consequence of the...
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