Variation in radial growth responses to drought among species, site, and canopy strata

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 474-484

  Orwig, David A ^a   Abrams, Marc D ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Drought; Ecophysiology; Superposed epoch analysis; Temperate oak forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030800501     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680050110     Document Type: Article

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