Age-specific responses to climate identified in the growth of Quercus alba

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 647-653

  Copenheaver, Carolyn A ^a   Crawford, Christopher J ^b   Fearer, Todd M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Dendroclimatology; Dendroecology; Tree ring; White oak

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; TREE RINGS; WHITE OAK;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; QUERCUS ALBA; VIRGINIA;

CARYA; QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 79960337452     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0541-2     Document Type: Article

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