Species-specific response to climate reconstruction in upper-elevation mixed-conifer forests of the western Sierra Nevada, California

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1681-1691

  Hurteau, Matthew ^a,b,d   Zald, Harold ^c,e   North, Malcolm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; KALMAN FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS; RADIAL INCREMENT GROWTH;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

CLIMATE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ELEVATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MIXED FOREST; STAND DYNAMICS;

CLIMATES; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; TEAKETTLE EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; ABIES GRANDIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS JEFFREYI;

EID: 36549028271     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-028     Document Type: Article

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