Growth-climate response of Jack pine on clay soils in northeastern Canada

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-136

  Genries, A ^a   Drobyshev, I ^b,c   Bergeron, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Dendroclimatology; Latitudinal gradient; Pinus Banksiana; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CHRONOLOGY; CLAY SOIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIMITING FACTOR; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TREE RING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 84861342239     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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