Relationships between climate and tree radial growth in interior British Columbia, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 932-942

  Lo, Yueh Hsin ^a   Blanco, Juan A ^a   Seely, Brad ^a   Welham, Clive ^a  

^a Hamish)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Dendrochronology; Douglas fir; Hybrid spruce; Lodgepole pine; Tree growth climate relationships

Indexed keywords

BREAST HEIGHT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CLIMATE PATTERNS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIABLES; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOUGLAS FIR; DRIVING FACTORS; ELEVATION GRADIENT; GROWING SEASON; LODGEPOLE PINE; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; MULTIVARIATE MODELS; PHYSICAL DAMAGES; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RADIAL GROWTH; RELATED VARIABLES; RING WIDTH; STAND DYNAMICS; TREE RINGS; TREE SPECIES; TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES; TREE-RING WIDTH; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWING SEASON; HYBRID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

ALTITUDE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLIMATES; FORESTRY; GRADIENT; METEOROLOGY; PICEA; PINUS CONTORTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; TREES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 74449087861     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.11.033     Document Type: Article

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