Growth responses of riparian Thuja occidentalis to the damming of a large boreal lake

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-62

  Denneler, Bernhard ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a   Bégin, Yves ^b   Asselin, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compression wood; Eastern white cedar; Flooding; Ice scars; Mortality; Partial cambium dieback

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; GROWTH KINETICS; METABOLISM; WATER LEVELS;

ICE SCARS; PARTIAL CAMBIUM DIEBACK;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIEBACK; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLOODING; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SURVIVAL;

FLOODS; FORESTRY; METABOLISM;

THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 40449118175     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-116     Document Type: Article

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