Estimation of mean annual temperature from leaf and wood physiognomy

Forest Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-149

  Wiemann, Michael C ^a   Dilcher, David L ^b   Manchester, Steven R ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Leaf morphology; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PLASTICITY; WOOD;

CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS (CCA); MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURE (MAT);

FORESTRY;

EID: 0035039781     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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