Tree rings and 'El Año del Hambre' in Mexico

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-207

  Therrell, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Famine; Latewood; Maize

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; FAMINE; HISTORICAL RECORD; TREE RING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23744443463     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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