Frost hollows of the boreal forest as extreme environments for black spruce tree growth

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 492-504

  Dy, Goulwen ^a   Payette, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; PHOTOMAPPING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

COLD AIR MASSES; FROST-RING FORMATION; WOODLANDS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; COLONIZATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FROST; GROWTH; WOODLAND;

FORESTRY; PICEA MARIANA; PYROMETRY;

CANADA; CHARLEVOIX; GRANDS JARDINS PROVINCIAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 34547486589     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-235     Document Type: Article

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