Growth responses of subalpine fir to climatic variability in the Pacific Northwest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1503-1517

  Peterson, David W ^a   Peterson, David L ^b   Ettl, Gregory J ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS;

GROWTH RESPONSES;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; GROWTH; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TREE RING;

UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; TSUGA; TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 0036446557     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-072     Document Type: Article

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