The rarity of absent growth rings in Northern Hemisphere forests outside the American Southwest

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3727-3731

  George, Scott St ^a   Ault, Toby R ^b   Torbenson, Max C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; drought; geochronology; tree rings

Indexed keywords

COLD TEMPERATURES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWING SEASON; LAST MILLENNIUMS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; TEMPERATURE LIMITEDS; TREE RINGS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FORECASTING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE RING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CLIMATES; DROUGHT; FORESTRY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880623138     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50743     Document Type: Article

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