Regional growth decline of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and its potential causes

Ecosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Bishop, Daniel A ^a,b,c   Beier, Colin M ^a   Pederson, Neil ^b,c   Lawrence, Gregory B ^d   Stella, John C ^a   Sullivan, Timothy J ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e E and S Environmental Chemistry Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Acid rain; Adirondack Mountains; Climate change; Dendrochronology; Northern hardwood forests; Sugar maple; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944897633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES15-00260.1     Document Type: Article

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