Effects of moisture limitation on tree growth in upland and floodplain forest ecosystems in interior Alaska

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1055-1063

  Yarie, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Betula neoalaskana; Boreal forest; Floodplain; P. balsamifera; Picea glauca; Populus tremuloides; Summer drought; Tree growth; Upland

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; WATER WELLS;

BASAL AREA GROWTH; BETULA NEOALASKANA; BOREAL FOREST; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FAIRBANKS , ALASKA; FLOOD PLAIN FOREST; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN; FLOODPLAIN LOCATIONS; GROUND WATERS; GROUNDWATER TABLES; P. BALSAMIFERA; PICEA GLAUCA; PLASTIC COVERS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; ROOTING ZONES; SNOW MELTING; SNOW PACKS; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOIL TEXTURES; SPRUCE STANDS; SUMMER DROUGHT; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; TDR TECHNIQUES; THROUGHFALL; TREE GROWTH; UPLAND;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH RESPONSE; RECHARGE; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOTING; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; THROUGHFALL; WATER TABLE;

BETULA PAPYRIFERA HUMILIS; CALOPHYLLUM; CONDUCTIVITY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; MOISTURE CONTROL; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PRECIPITATION;

ALASKA; FAIRBANKS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BETULA NEOALASKANA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 48849102171     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.022     Document Type: Article

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