Stable carbon isotopes as indicators of limitations to forest growth imposed by climate stress

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 854-863

  Panek, Jeanne A ^a,b   Waring, Richard H ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest climate stress; Forest modelling; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Stable carbon isotopes; Stomatal conductance; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; POACEAE;

CLIMATIC STRESS; DOUGLAS-FIR; FOREST; GROWTH; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE;

USA, OREGON;

EID: 0030613988     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0854:SCIAIO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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