Episodic and Systematic Tree Ring-Width Variation (AD 1763–2013) in the Takhini Valley, Southwest Yukon, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Strong, Wayne L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2017
• Subjects: dendrochronology; climate; forest history; moisture; palaeoclimate; ring-width; white spruce; Yukon; dendrochronologie; climat; histoire de la forêt; humidité; paléoclimat; largeur des anneaux de croissance; épinette blanche; Blanche; Canada; Takhini; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67723

A tree-ring analysis of 764 western white spruce (Picea albertiana) in the Takhini Valley of southwest Yukon was conducted to assess short- and long-term variation in growth and local climate. The resulting chronology spanned the period from AD 1763 to 2013. A polynomial regression (R = 0.720, p <...