Linear trend and climate response of five-needle pines in the western United States related to treeline proximity

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 134-142

  Kipfmueller, Kurt F ^a   Salzer, Matthew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIVE-NEEDLE PINE; FOUR-GROUP; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; PALEOCLIMATES; RESPONSE PATTERNS; RING WIDTH; SPRING PRECIPITATION; SPRING TEMPERATURES; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; TREELINE; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NEEDLES; SITE SELECTION;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SITE SELECTION; TREE RING; TREELINE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 75649151681     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-187     Document Type: Article

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