Climatic determinants of white spruce cone crops in the boreal forest of southwestern Yukon

Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-119

  Krebs, Charles J ^a   LaMontagne, J M ^b   Kenney, A J ^a   Boutin, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Kluane; Picea glauca; White spruce cone production; Yukon

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERIODICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 84857778838     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B11-088     Document Type: Article

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