Efficacy of climate transfer functions: Introduction of Eurasian populations of Larix into Alberta

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1660-1668

  Rehfeldt, Gerald E ^a   Tchebakova, Nadja M ^b   Barnhardt, Leonard K ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^c AB Tree Improvement and Seed Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; GROWTH; SURVIVAL;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

LARIX; LARIX GMELINII; LARIX SIBIRICA; LARIX SUKACZEWII; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0033492010     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-143     Document Type: Article

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