Maximum June-July temperatures in the southwest Yukon over the last 300 years reconstructed from tree rings

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 153-166

  Youngblut, Don ^a   Luckman, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Diurnal temperature variability; Northern North America; Response change

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DIURNAL VARIATION; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; GROWTH RESPONSE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RECONSTRUCTION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 39849096410     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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