Radial growth and increased water-use efficiency for ponderosa pine trees in three regions in the Western United States

Professional Geographer

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-391

  Souĺe, Peter T ^a   Knapp, Paul A ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Climate; Drought; Intrinsic water use efficiency; Pinus ponderosa

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TREE RING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 79958702534     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2011.574088     Document Type: Article

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