Date of Award

1-1-2017

Language

English

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

College/School/Department

Department of Biological Sciences

Content Description

1 online resource (ii, viii, 37 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

George R Robinson

Committee Members

Andrei Lapenis, Wendy Turner

Keywords

allocation, carbon, climate change, phenology, root, Spruce, Climatic changes, Carbon sequestration

Subject Categories

Climate | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Plant Sciences

Abstract

Tree ring analysis has relied on a close relationship between climate and photosynthetically-derived stem enlargement. Lengthening growing seasons associated with climate warming have been predicted to enhance carbon sequestration as wood in trees, but this

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