Precipitation variability and landslide occurrence in a subtropical mountain ecosystem of NW Argentina

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 175-180

  Paolini, Leonardo ^a   Villalba, Ricardo ^b   Ricardo Grau, H ^a  

^a Lab Invest Ecologicas las Yungas   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Landslides; Precipitation; Subtropical montane

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; MONTANE FOREST; TREE RING;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALNUS ACUMINATA; BETULACEAE;

EID: 23744501921     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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