Climate sensitivity of thinleaf alder growth on an interior Alaskan floodplain

Ecoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-320

  Nossov, Dana R ^a   Ruess, Roger W ^a   Hollingsworth, Teresa N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alnus; climate change; dendroecology; drought stress; nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROECOLOGY; DROUGHT STRESS; FLOODPLAIN; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYPORHEIC ZONE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRACE; WATER TABLE;

ALASKA; TANANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; ALNUS INCANA TENUIFOLIA;

EID: 77958156827     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/17-3-3326     Document Type: Article

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