Tree size, stand density, and the source of water used across seasons by ponderosa pine in northern Arizona

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 289, Issue , 2013, Pages 425-433

  Kerhoulas, Lucy P ^a   Kolb, Thomas E ^a   Koch, George W ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Forest management; Seasonal precipitation; Stand density; Tree size; Water isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; STAND DENSITIES; TREE SIZE; WATER ISOTOPE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; SIZE; SOIL WATER; STAND STRUCTURE;

ARIZONA; CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STAND DENSITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 84870156114     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.10.036     Document Type: Article

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