Long-term monitoring of climatic and nutritional affects on tree growth in interior Alaska

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1325-1335

  Yarie, J ^a   van Cleve, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SPRUCE; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FACTOR STRUCTURE; FOREST TYPE; GROWTH PERIOD; LONG TERM MONITORING; LONG-TERM FERTILIZATION; MOISTURE DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; PICEA MARIANA; PRIMARY CONTROL; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS; TREE GROWTH; VEGETATION TYPE; WARM SITES;

FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; SOILS; TEMPERATURE;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SEASONALITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THINNING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CLIMATES; FERTILIZATION; FORESTRY; GROWTH; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOISTURE CONTROL; NUTRIENTS; NUTRITION; SOIL; SOIL STRUCTURE; THINNING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 77955168571     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-114     Document Type: Article

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