Climatic response of oak species across an environmental gradient in the southern Appalachian mountains, USA

Tree-Ring Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-37

  White, Philip B ^a   Van De Gevel, Saskia L ^a   Grissino Mayer, Henri D ^b   Laforest, Lisa B ^b   Deweese, Georgina G ^c  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

climate response; dendrochronology; dendroclimatology; Quercus; southern Appalachian Mountains; tree rings

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS;

EID: 79951781927     PISSN: 15361098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3959/2009-1.1     Document Type: Article

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