Tree growth response to drought and temperature in a mountain landscape in northern Arizona, USA

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1629-1640

  Adams, Henry D ^a,b   Kolb, Thomas E ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies lasiocarpa; Climate change; Dendrochronology; Picea engelmannii; Pinus aristata; Pinus edulis; Pinus flexilis; Pinus ponderosa; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Quercus gambelii

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; ELEVATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE; TREE RING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINUS ARISTATA; PINUS EDULIS; PINUS FLEXILIS; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; QUERCUS GAMBELII;

EID: 33745321305     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01292.x     Document Type: Article

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