Forest mortality in high-elevation whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) forests of eastern California, USA; influence of environmental context, bark beetles, climatic water deficit, and warming

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Canadian Journal of Forest Research

• Publication date

  2012-03-20

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1139/X2012-031
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