AbstractsBiology & Animal Science

The relationship between growth of Picea Glauca (Moench) Voss, Picea Mariana (Mill.) B.S.P. and summer temperatures in sub-arctic Canada.

by Erik. Mortenson




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Botany.
Degree: MS.
Year: 1965
Keywords: Botany.; Plant ecology.; Conifers.
Record ID: 1498324
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile118066.pdf


Abstract

The present investigation is a study of the relationship between growth of Picea glauca. (Moench) Voss, Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P. and climatic influences. Special emphasis has been placed on a study of the relationship between summer temperatures and yearly and daily growth of the terminal shoot. The investigation was carried out at Knob Lake (also called Schefferville) in the center of the Labrador Peninsula during the summers of 1958 and 1959. [...]