Influences of climate on the radial growth of lodgepole pine in Alberta

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-178

  Chhin, Sophan ^a   Hogg, E H ^b   Lieffers, Victor J ^a   Huang, Shongming ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conifer; Dendrochronology; Forest productivity; Mountainous environment; Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; MOUNTAINOUS ENVIRONMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RESPONSE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER STRESS;

PINUS CONTORTA; SOFTWOODS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; CYPRESS HILLS; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSUS; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 42149190027     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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