The world's tallest trees grow in thermally similar climates

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 344-349

  Larjavaara, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Biomass; Conifer; Crown shape; Dipterocarpaceae; Eucalyptus; Seasonality; Tree height

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; EUCALYPTUS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; CONIFER; CROWN SHAPE; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; EUCALYPTUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LETTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TREE HEIGHT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; CONIFER; CROWN SHAPE; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; EUCALYPTUS; SEASONALITY; TREE HEIGHT;

CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84896545079     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12656     Document Type: Letter

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