Observed and predicted responses of plant growth to climate across Canada

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Bunn, Andrew G ^a   Goetz, Scott J ^a   Fiske, Gregory J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION;

PLANT GROWTH; STATISTICAL MODELING; TUNDRA;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; PLANT; TUNDRA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 26844508331     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023646     Document Type: Article

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