Potential effects of climate change on the growth of lodgepole pine across diameter size classes and ecological regions

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1692-1703

  Chhin, Sophan ^a   Lieffers, Victor J ^a   Huang, Shongming ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Ted)   (Canada)

^c Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Forest productivity; Mountainous environment; Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; VALUE ENGINEERING;

ALBERTA; ANNUAL GROWTHS; BASAL AREAS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DIAMETER CLASSES; ECOLOGICAL REGIONS; ECOREGIONS; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; FUTURE CLIMATES; GROWING SEASONS; GROWTH PATTERNS; LATIFOLIA; LODGEPOLE PINES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MOISTURE STRESSES; MOUNTAINOUS ENVIRONMENT; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS CONTORTA VAR. LATIFOLIA; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PREVIOUS YEARS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SIZE CLASSES; WINTER MONTHS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DIAMETER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOREGION; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; MOUNTAIN;

ALBERTA; CLIMATES; DIAMETER; FORESTRY; GROWTH; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; PINUS CONTORTA; TREE DIMENSIONS;

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

CUPRESSUS; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 54049145481     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.046     Document Type: Article

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