Dendroclimatic response of picea mariana and pinus banksiana along a latitudinal gradient in the eastern canadian boreal forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1333-1346

  Hofgaard, Annika ^a,b   Tardif, Jacques ^a,c   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Climate Impacts Research Centre   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT;

CANADA; QUEBEC;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PARAGNETINA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 0033306725     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-29-9-1333     Document Type: Article

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