Daily weather and tree growth at the tropical treeline of North America

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-24

  Biondi, Franco ^a   Hartsough, Peter C ^a   Estrada, Ignacio Galindo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TREE; TREELINE; WEATHER;

JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS ADJUNCTUS; PINUS HARTWEGII;

EID: 18644372162     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0016:DWATGA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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