A 930-year ring-width chronology from moisture-sensitive white spruce (Picea glauca Moench) in northwestern Canada

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 345-351

  Szeicz, Julian M ^a,b   MacDonald, Glen M ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Dendrochronology; dendrohydrology; moisture stress; Northwest Territories; Picea glauca; precipitation; response function; white spruce

Indexed keywords

PICEA GLAUCA;

DENDROCHONOLOGY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; MOISTURE STRESS; PALAEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION; SPRUCE;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CAMPBELL DOLOMITE UPLAND;

EID: 0029660816     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600309     Document Type: Article

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