Climatic signal in annual growth variation of Norway spruce (Picea abies) along a transect from central Finland to the Arctic timberline

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 769-777

  Mäkinen, Harri ^a   Nöjd, Pekka ^a   Mielikäinen, Kari ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FINLAND;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0033880666     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x00-005     Document Type: Article

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