High-resolution analysis of stem radius variations in black spruce [Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP] subjected to rain exclusion for three summers

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1257-1265

  Belien, Evelyn ^a   Rossi, Sergio ^a   Morin, Hubert ^a   Deslauriers, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Climate change; Diurnal cycles; Drought; Picea mariana; Point dendrometers

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; SWELLING;

BOREAL FORESTS; CONTRACTION AND EXPANSION; DIURNAL CYCLE; HIGH RESOLUTION ANALYSIS; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; PICEA MARIANA; PICEA MARIANA (MILL.) BSP; POINT DENDROMETERS;

RAIN;

EID: 84920250363     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-014-1011-4     Document Type: Article

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