Competition and climate affects US hardwood-forest tree mortality

Forest Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 416-430

  Yaussy, Daniel A ^a   Iverson, Louis R ^a   Matthews, Stephen N ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; General circulation models; Hazard rate; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; EFFECTS OF THINNING; FUTURE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HAZARD RATES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BIOINFORMATICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HARDWOODS; HAZARDS; RISK PERCEPTION;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; USA;

EID: 84883084376     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.11-047     Document Type: Article

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