A method for estimating vulnerability of Douglas-fir growth to climate change in the northwestern U.S.

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 369-374

  Littell, Jeremy S ^a,b   Peterson, David L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate impacts; Climate variability; Douglas fir; Growth climate relationships; Mechanism response; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE; FOREST STRUCTURE; MONTANE FORESTS; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; TREE RING;

ABIES; ECOLOGY; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 21244469142     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc81369-3     Document Type: Article

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