Development of black spruce growth forms at treeline

Plant Ecology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-147

  Pereg, Daria ^a   Payette, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dendrochronology; Forest tundra; Picea mariana; Stem analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH FORM; TREELINE;

CANADA;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0031718241     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009756707596     Document Type: Article

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