Spatial coherence and change of opposite white spruce temperature sensitivities on floodplains in Alaska confirms early-stage boreal biome shift

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages 46-61

  Juday, Glenn P ^a   Alix, Claire ^b   Grant, Thomas A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Asociated to Laboratoire Archéologie des Amériques   (France)

^c WESTERN STATE COLORADO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Climate change; Divergence; Picea glauca; Temperature sensitivity; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS;

ALASKA; DIVERGENCE; PICEA GLAUCA; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TREE RINGS;

FORESTRY;

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOME; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIVERGENCE; FLOODPLAIN; GROWTH RATE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE RING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 84939417356     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.04.016     Document Type: Article

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