Nonstationary temporal response of mountain hemlock growth to climatic variability in the north cascade range, Washington, USA

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 676-688

  Marcinkowski, Kailey ^a   Peterson, David L ^b   Ettl, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Dendrochronology; Limiting factors; Mountain hemlock; North Cascades

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; NICKEL;

CLIMATE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; LIMITING FACTORS; MOUNTAIN HEMLOCKS; NORTH CASCADES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; LA NINA; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION;

CLIMATES; TSUGA CANADENSIS; WASHINGTON;

CASCADE RANGE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 84930340920     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2014-0231     Document Type: Article

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