Carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in wood constituents of Pinus halepensis as indicators of precipitation, temperature and vapour pressure deficit

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-173

  Ferrio, J P ^a   Voltas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SIGNAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; TREE RING;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 16344390438     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2005.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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