The effect of temperature on the growth of Atlantic white cedar in two Mid-Atlantic National Wildlife Refuges

Hydrology and Management of Forested Wetlands - Proceeding of the International Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 86-93

  Seim, A M ^a   Merry, S D ^a   Pederson, N ^b   Atkinson, R B ^a  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic white cedar; Dendrochronology; Temperature; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC; ATLANTIC WHITE CEDAR; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURES; GROWING PERIODS; HARDWOOD SPECIES; RED MAPLES; TEMPERATURE DATUMS; TREE GROWTHS; TREE-RING WIDTHS; TREE-RINGS;

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HARDWOODS; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); WATER;

WETLANDS;

EID: 78650758905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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