Spatial variability in forest growth - Climate relationships in the Olympic Mountains, Washington

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-91

  Nakawatase, Jill M ^a   Peterson, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH KINETICS; PRODUCTIVITY;

CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; FOREST GROWTH; GROWTH-CLIMATE RELATIONSHIPS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

FORESTRY;

FORESTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 33744807505     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-224     Document Type: Article

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