Age class, longevity and growth rate relationships: Protracted growth increases in old trees in the eastern United States

Tree Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1317-1328

  Johnson, Sarah E ^a   Abrams, Marc D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal area increment; Dendrochronology; Global change; Old growth trees; Sigmoidal growth model

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BASAL AREA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; TREE RING;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES;

TIME FACTORS; TREES; UNITED STATES;

NYSSA; POPULUS; QUERCUS; TSUGA;

EID: 74549175924     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpp068     Document Type: Article

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