Mapping the environmental limitations to growth of coastal Douglas-fir stands on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 805-815

  Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Coggins, Sam B ^a   Kurz, Werner A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 PG model; Canada; Coastal western hemlock; Forest productivity; Physiological modeling

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RESPONSE; MAPPING METHOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

CONIUM; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 34347224010     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.6.805     Document Type: Article

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