Linking population genetics and tree height growth models to predict impacts of climate change on forest production

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3208-3217

  O'Neill, Gregory A ^a   Nigh, Gordon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest productivity; Growth and yield; Height age model; Maladaptation; Population adaptation; Provenance test; Site index; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GENETICS; PROVENANCE; SITE INDEX; TRANSFER FUNCTION; TREE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 80052476352     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02467.x     Document Type: Article

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