White spruce light rings in northwestern Canada

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 184-189

  Szeicz, Julian M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; LIGHT RING; WHITE SPRUCE;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; CANADA, YUKON TERRITORY;

PICEA GLAUCA; PINACEAE;

EID: 0029660162     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1551758     Document Type: Article

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