Calculating unbiased tree-ring indices for the study of climatic and environmental change

Holocene

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 361-370

  Cook, Edward R ^a   Peters, Kenneth ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Dendrochronology; Dendroclimatology; Global change research; Tree growth; Tree ring indices; Variance stabilized residuals

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; TREE RING ANALYSIS;

PINUS ARISTATA;

EID: 0030847660     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369700700314     Document Type: Article

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