Topography alters tree growth-climate relationships in a semi-arid forested catchment

Ecosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Adams, Hallie R ^a   Barnard, Holly R ^a   Loomis, Alexander K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Ecohydrology; Lodgepole pine; Pinus contorta; Pinus ponderosa; Ponderosa pine; Semiarid; Topoclimate; Topographic wetness index; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919786842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00296.1     Document Type: Article

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