Effects of thinning on drought vulnerability and climate response in north temperate forest ecosystems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1735-1742

  D'Amato, Anthony W ^a   Bradford, John B ^b   Fraver, Shawn ^a,d   Palik, Brian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Growth climate relationships; Minnesota; Pinus resinosa; USA

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GROWING SEASON; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST; VULNERABILITY;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; PINE; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; MINNESOTA; PINUS; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84891329446     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0677.1     Document Type: Article

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