Topographic mediation of growth in high elevation foxtail pine (Pinus balfouriana Grev. et Balf.) forests in the Sierra Nevada, USA

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-114

  Bunn, Andrew G ^a,b   Waggoner, Lindsey A ^a   Graumlich, Lisa J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical setting; Climate variability; Dendrochronology; Foxtail pine; Landscape ecology; North America; Pinus balfouriana; Potential relative radiation (PRR); Topographic convergence index (TCI)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PINUS BALFOURIANA;

EID: 14844365449     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2005.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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