Using tree rings to predict the response of tree growth to climate change in the continental United States during the twenty-first century

Earth Interactions

Volumn 14, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Williams, A Park ^a   Michaelsen, Joel ^a   Leavitt, Steven W ^b   Still, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forests; Tree rings; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650745947     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010EI362.1     Document Type: Review

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