Improving tree mortality models by accounting for environmental influences

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2106-2114

  Hartmann, Henrik ^a   Messier, Christian ^a   Beaudet, Marilou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

DEAD TREES; TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; MODELING; MORTALITY; TREE RING;

FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 38849128903     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-078     Document Type: Article

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