The ancient blue oak woodlands of California: Longevity and hydroclimatic history

Earth Interactions

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1-23

  Stahle, D W ^a   Griffin, R D ^b   Meko, D M ^b   Therrell, M D ^c   Edmondson, J R ^a   Cleaveland, M K ^a   Stahle, L N ^d   Burnette, D J ^e   Abatzoglou, J T ^f   Redmond, K T ^g   Dettinger, M D ^h   Cayan, D R ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Memphis   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^g DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient blue oak woodland; Atmospheric rivers; Quercus douglasii; San Francisco Bay salinity; Tree ring analysis; Winter precipitation

Indexed keywords

RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

ANCIENT BLUE OAK WOODLAND; QUERCUS; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; TREE-RING ANALYSIS; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH; LONGEVITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER FLOW; STORM TRACK; STREAMFLOW; SURVIVAL; TREE RING; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WINTER; WOODLAND;

FORESTRY; PRECIPITATION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADE RANGE; COAST RANGES; LASSEN PEAK; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS DOUGLASII;

EID: 84882739495     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2013EI000518.1     Document Type: Article

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