Light rings as bioindicators of climate change in Interior North America

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 134-144

  Tardif, Jacques C ^a   Girardin, Martin P ^a,b   Conciatori, France ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate warming; Dendroclimatology; Jack pine; Latewood density; Light ring; Maximum temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE WARMING; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; JACK PINE; LATEWOOD DENSITY; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; FORESTRY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOINDICATOR; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CYCLONE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TREE RING; WEATHER STATION;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATES; EXTRACTIVES; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PINUS BANKSIANA; PLANTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RINGS; SUMMER WOOD; TEMPERATURE;

CANADA;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 80053499681     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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