Divergent Growth and Changing Climate Relationships of Boreal and Subalpine Spruce in Southern Yukon, Canada

• Main Author: Strong, Wayne L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2022
• Subjects: boreal; climate; greenhouse gas; radial growth; ring width; subalpine; white spruce; Yukon; boréal; climat; gaz à effet de serre; croissance radiale; largeur de cernes; subalpin; épinette blanche; Blanche; Canada; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/74289

Tree-ring data for 1942 – 2013 were used to determine if boreal and subalpine Picea albertiana S. Brown emend. Strong & Hills radial growth rates changed after 1950 in southern Yukon, northwest Canada. The latter year represented the beginning of accelerated atmospheric greenhouse gas accumulati...