Observed continentality in radial growth-climate relationships in a twelve site network in western Labrador, Canada

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-23

  Nishimura, Peter H ^a   Laroque, Colin P ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balsam fir; Black spruce; Dendrochronology; Eastern larch; Newfoundland and Labrador; White spruce

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIMITING FACTOR; OPEN OCEAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; LABRADOR SEA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; LARIX LARICINA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 78650269475     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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