Evaluating the temperature sensitivity of radial growth patterns from whitebark pine in the western Canadian Cordillera

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-28

  Youngblut, Donald K ^a   Luckman, Brian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Diurnal temperature range; Divergence; Whitebark pine

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; GROWTH RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CORDILLERA; PARAGUAY;

COLEOPTERA; CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS ALBICAULIS; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 84875606629     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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