Modeling tree mortality in response to short- and long-term environmental stresses

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 347-351

  Pedersen, Brian S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Growth; Mortality; Stress; Tree ring; Vigor

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MODELLING; MORTALITY; TREE;

EID: 0031907016     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(97)00162-2     Document Type: Article

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