The influence of recent climate change on tree height growth differs with species and spatial environment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Messaoud, Yassine ^a   Chen, Han Y H ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; BLACK SPRUCE; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; NONHUMAN; PLANT AGE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SOIL; SPRUCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TREE;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; PICEA; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 79951981389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014691     Document Type: Article

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