Influence of climate and disturbance on the growth of Tsuga canadensis at its southern limit in eastern North America

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 621-633

  Hart, Justin L ^a   van de Gevel, Saskia L ^b   Sakulich, John ^c   Grissino Mayer, Henri D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Climate; Dendrochronology; Ecological amplitude; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIABLES; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; ECOLOGICAL AMPLITUDE; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MEAN TEMPERATURE; PREDICTED GROWTH; PREVIOUS YEAR; RADIAL GROWTH; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TREE GROWTH; TREE RING RECORDS; TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; STANDARDS; TIME SERIES;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATES; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; STANDARDS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 77954540692     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0432-y     Document Type: Article

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