Long-term droughtiness and drought tolerance of eastern US forests over five decades

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 345, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-64

  Peters, Matthew P ^a   Iverson, Louis R ^a   Matthews, Stephen N ^a,b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative drought severity index; Forest composition; Palmer Drought Severity Index; SDM

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; FORESTRY;

DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DROUGHT SEVERITY; DROUGHT TOLERANCES; FOREST COMPOSITIONS; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; SDM; TREE SPECIES;

DROUGHT;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

COEFFICIENTS; DROUGHT; FORESTS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924268826     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.02.022     Document Type: Article

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