Climate impacts on lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) radial growth in a provenance experiment

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-123

  McLane, Sierra C ^a   Daniels, Lori D ^a   Aitken, Sally N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dendrochronology; Population response; Provenance trial; Quantitative genetics; Radial growth; Universal response function

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; POPULATION RESPONSE; PROVENANCE TRIAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; RADIAL GROWTH; UNIVERSAL RESPONSE FUNCTION;

CHROMOSOMES; FORESTRY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORTALITY; PROVENANCE TRIAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; CANADA; GENETICS; GROWTH; MORTALITY; PINUS CONTORTA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY;

CANADA;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 79957580224     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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