A dendroecological and dendroclimatic analysis of Pinus virginiana and Pinus rigida at two slope positions in the Virginia Piedmont From: Castanea | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: Grinter, Lawton E; Lorber, Jean H; Neatrour, Matthew A; Spinney, Michael P; Copenheaver, Carolyn A | Copyright Southern Appalachian Botanical Society Sep 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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We used dendrochronology and vegetation sampling to examine climatic response and stand dynamics at two slope positions (350 m asl and 520 m asl) on No Business Mountain in the southwestern Piedmont of Virginia. Modeling plant response to climate change requires an understanding of the influence of small-scale environmental change. We sampled vegetation and developed pitch pine and Virginia pine tree-ring chronologies from the midslope and the mountaintop. A higher species ri...

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