Temperature-growth divergence in white spruce forests of Old Crow Flats, Yukon Territory, and adjacent regions of northwestern North America

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3418-3430

  Porter, Trevor J ^a   Pisaric, Michael F J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal treeline; Dendroclimatology; Divergence; Old Crow Flats; Ring width; White spruce; Yukon Territory

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE EFFECT; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; FOREST COVER; GROWTH RESPONSE; PALEOCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TREELINE;

CANADA; OLD CROW FLATS; YUKON TERRITORY;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 80053510102     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02507.x     Document Type: Article

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