Dendroclimatic response of a coastal alpine treeline ecotone: A multispecies perspective from Labrador

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 469-478

  Trindade, M ^a   Bell, T ^a   Laroque, C P ^b   Jacobs, J D ^a   Hermanutz, L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES BALSAMEA; BALSAM FIR; BLACK SPRUCE; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLIMATE TRENDS; CLIMATE VARIABLES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS; LARCH-TREE; MARITIME CLIMATE; MULTI-SPECIES; MULTISPECIES APPROACH; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; RADIAL GROWTH; SPRUCE TREES; TREELINE; WHITE SPRUCE;

DROUGHT; ECOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BOOTSTRAPPING; COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CORRELATION; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; ECOTONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY; TREELINE; VULNERABILITY;

ABIES AMABILIS; ABIES LASIOCARPA; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LARIX; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; LARIX; LARIX LARICINA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; SILLAGO SIHAMA;

EID: 79952239292     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-192     Document Type: Article

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