Trees tell of past climates: But are they speaking less clearly today?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1365, 1998, Pages 65-73

  Briffa, K R ^a   Schweingruber, F H ^b   Jones, P D ^a   Osborn, T J ^a   Harris, I C ^a   Shiyatov, S G ^c   Vaganov, E A ^d   Grudd, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fertilization; Tree biomass; Tree rings; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; PALAEOCLIMATE; TREE; TREE-RING ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032576708     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0191     Document Type: Article

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