- Page 1 and 2: University of Nevada, RenoForest Mo
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- Page 16 and 17: xiiiAPPENDIX A. 25 years of annual
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- Page 55 and 56: 33Baret, F. and G. Guyot. 1991. Pot
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37Fettig, Christopher J., Robert R.
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39Huete, A.R., H.Q. Liu, K. Batchil
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41Loomis W E. 1932. Growth-differen
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43Moritz, Max A., Paul F. Hessburg,
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45Scholl, Andrew E. and Alan H. Tay
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47van Mantgem, P.J., Stephenson, N.
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49Table 1-1. Description of LTB for
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51TABLE 1-3a,b. Validation of remot
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53TABLE 1-5. Summary of odds-ratios
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FIGURE 1-1. Location of Lake Tahoe
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57a.b.FIGURE 1-3a, b. LAI Validatio
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60b1.b2.d. c.FIGURE 1-6. Pictorial
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62FIGURE 1-8. Mortality levels and
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64FIGURE 1-10. Direction and magnit
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66FIGURE 1-12. Number of models whe
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Ratio: Positive DDM:Negative DDM681
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70FIGURE 1-16. Average odds ratio f
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72APPENDIX A. 95 th Percentile of L
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76APPENDIX C. Final models in five
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78ForestType Year Model LRT ModelTy
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80Chapter 2 - Spatial and Temporal
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83mountainous regions of snow-domin
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85McDowell et al. 2008; Rice et al.
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87periods in the same forest may re
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89Forest Types and EcoregionsWe exa
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91Environmental VariablesIn additio
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93(Figure 2-6). Forest mortality ma
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95In JP forests, decreases in eleva
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97that abrupt declines in growth ar
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99and d2) and increased temperature
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101concentrated at lower elevations
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103responses may be due to the grea
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105Berg, Edward E, J. David Henry,
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107from 1991-1996 near Spooner Lake
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109Hansen, E., Bentz, B. and Turner
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111reference to historical disturba
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113Ogle, Kiona, Thomas G. Whitham,
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115SNEP [Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Pr
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117Vygodskaya, N.N., E.D. Schulze,
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119ForestType Coefficients Standar
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121a.b.c.d.FIGURE 2-1. Ecoregions (
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123FIGURE 2-3. Solar radiation (WH/
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125FIGURE 2-5. Boxplots of annual m
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127FIGURE 2-7. Effect plots for Ann
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129a: JPb: MFc: RFFIGURE 2-9a-c. Le
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131FIGURE 2-11. Location of increas
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133FIGURE 2-13. Location of increas
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1351993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-971
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137THESIS SUMMARYForest mortality i