Variation in radial growth patterns of Pseudotsuga menziesii on the central coast of British Columbia, Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1946-1954

  Zhang, Qi Bin ^a,b   Hebda, Richard J ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c ROYAL BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GROWTH KINETICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

GROWTH RESPONSE; RESPONSE FUNCTION ANALYSIS; TREE-RING GROWTH PATTERNS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ELEVATION; GROWTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

GROWTH RINGS; PRECIPITATION; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

BELLA COOLA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 9944235102     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-078     Document Type: Article

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