Comparison of growth-climate relationships between northern red oak and white oak across eastern North America

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1936-1947

  LeBlanc, David C ^a   Terrell, Mark A ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE DATA; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC RANGES; GROWING SEASON; HABITAT PREFERENCES; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; RADIAL GROWTH; RED OAK; TREE RINGS; TREE SPECIES; WATER BALANCE; WHITE OAK; WINTER PRECIPITATION; WOOD ANATOMY;

FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ECOLOGY;

ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHENOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREE RING; WATER BUDGET; WOOD;

CLIMATES; CORRELATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NORTH AMERICA; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

NORTH AMERICA;

QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 80055047535     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-118     Document Type: Article

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