Tree-ring responses to drought across species and contrasting sites in the ridge and valley of Central Pennsylvania

Forest Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 550-558

  Abrams, Marc D ^a   Ruffner, Charles M ^a   Morgan, Todd A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Dendrochronology; Ecophysiology; Hardwoods; Landscape

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031773123     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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