Height growth response of tree line black spruce to recent climate warming across the forest-tundra of eastern Canada

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 835-845

  Gamache, Isabelle ^a   Payette, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Climate change; Dendrochronology; Forest tundra; Krummholz; Picea mariana; Shoot elongation; Snow cover; Stem analysis; Wind exposure

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; TUNDRA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 5344229460     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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