Relationships between radial growth rates and lifespan within North American tree species

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-357

  Black, Bryan A ^a   Colbert, Jim J ^a   Pederson, Neil ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Growth rate; Longevity; Old growth forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; META-ANALYSIS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; TIME SERIES; TREE RING;

PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; QUERCUS ALBA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 54249130793     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/15-3-3149     Document Type: Article

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