Consistent growth of black cottonwoods despite temperature variation across elevational ecoregions in the Rocky Mountains

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-169

  Berg, Kevan J ^a   Samuelson, Glenda M ^a   Willms, Chad R ^a   Pearce, David W ^a   Rood, Stewart B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Elevation; Growth; Poplars; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNS; ECOREGIONS; ELEVATIONAL LIMITS;

COTTON;

CLIMATES; COTTON; GROUND WATER; GROWTH RATE; WOOD PRODUCTS;

POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 33847267721     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-006-0108-9     Document Type: Article

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