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Published: Jan 04, 2019
Vol/Issue: 5(1)

Authors

F

Flurin Babst

Dendro Sciences Group, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.; Department of Ecology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Lubicz 46, 31-512 Kraków, Poland.; Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, 1215 E. Lowell St., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.

O

Olivier Bouriaud

Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Strada Universitătii 13, Suceava 720229, Romania.

B

Benjamin Poulter

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.

V

Valerie Trouet

Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, 1215 E. Lowell St., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.

M

Martin P. Girardin

Laurentian Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Quebec, QC G1V4C7, Canada.; Centre d’étude de la forêt, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada.

D

David C. Frank

Dendro Sciences Group, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.; Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, 1215 E. Lowell St., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.

Funding

Horizon 2020 Award: 640176

Swiss National Science Foundation Award: P300P2_154543

Cite This Article

Flurin Babst, Olivier Bouriaud, Benjamin Poulter, et al. (2019). Twentieth century redistribution in climatic drivers of global tree growth. Science Advances, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat4313

Twentieth century redistribution in climatic drivers of global tree growth

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