Climate and nutrient influences on the growth of white spruce trees in the boreal forests of the Yukon

Climate Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-130

  Boonstra, Rudy ^a   Desantis, Lanna ^a   Krebs, Charles J ^b   Hik, David S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Kluane Lake; Nitrogen limitation; Picea glauca; Primary productivity; Spruce bark beetle; Tree ring widths; White spruce; Yukon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; SOFTWOODS;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; POACEAE; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 45149119506     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00736     Document Type: Article

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