An integrated model of environmental effects on growth, carbohydrate balance, and mortality of Pinus ponderosa forests in the southern Rocky Mountains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Tague, Christina L ^a   McDowell, Nathan G ^b   Allen, Craig D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c United States Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; PONDEROSA PINE; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW MEXICO; PINUS PONDEROSA; PLANT STEMS; RAIN; SEASONS;

EID: 84894286295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080286     Document Type: Article

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