Regional and ecological patterns in interior Douglas-fir climate-growth relationships in British Columbia, Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 308-321

  Griesbauer, Hardy P ^a,b   Green, D Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COLD CLIMATE; DOUGLAS FIR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUTURE RESPONSE; GAIN INSIGHT; GEOGRAPHIC RANGES; GROWTH PATTERNS; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERIOR DOUGLAS-FIR; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TREE GROWTH; TREE RING DATA;

GROWTH RATE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; TREE RING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 77049126816     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-197     Document Type: Article

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