Influence of snowfall and melt timing on tree growth in subarctic Eurasia

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6740, 1999, Pages 149-151

  Vaganov, E A ^a   Hughes, M K ^b   Kirdyanov, A V ^a   Schweingruber, F H ^c   Silkin, P P ^a  

^a SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

GROWTH RESPONSE; SNOWMELT; SUBARCTIC REGION; TREE;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TREE;

EID: 0033536180     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22087     Document Type: Article

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