Influence of topographic aspect, precipitation and drought on radial growth of four major tree species in an Appalachian watershed

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 409-425

  Fekedulegn, Desta ^a   Hicks Jr , Ray R ^b   Colbert, J J ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hardwood species; PDSI; Precipitation; Radial growth; Slope aspect

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; HARDWOODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX (PDSI);

FORESTRY;

DROUGHT; GROWTH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TREE;

DROUGHT; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; PRECIPITATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS MONTANA; QUERCUS PRINUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 0242668816     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00446-2     Document Type: Article

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