A latitudinal gradient in tree growth response to climate warming in the Siberian taiga

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1935-1945

  Lloyd, Andrea H ^a   Bunn, Andrew G ^b   Berner, Logan ^b  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Climate change; Dark taiga; Dendrochronology; Light taiga; NDVI; Taiga

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EVERGREEN FOREST; GROWTH RESPONSE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NDVI; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SIBERIA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; LARIX CAJANDERI; PICEA; PICEA OBOVATA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79951829128     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02360.x     Document Type: Article

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