El Niño and tree growth near Jerusalem over the last 20 years

Global Change Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-101

  Yakir, Dan ^a   Lev Yadun, Simcha ^a   Zangvil, Avraham ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Climate; El Ni o; Oxygen 18; Plant growth; Rainfall; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; TREE;

ISRAEL, JUDEAN FOOTHILLS;

PINACEAE; PINUS;

EID: 0030484764     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.1996.tb00054.x     Document Type: Article

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