Dendrochronological potential of the arctic dwarf-shrub Cassiope tetragona

Tree-Ring Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-53

  Rayback, Shelly A ^a   Henry, Gregory H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Arctic white heather; Canada; Cassiope tetragona; Dendroclimatology; Isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALLUNA; CASSIOPE TETRAGONA;

EID: 33646446299     PISSN: 15361098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3959/1536-1098-61.1.43     Document Type: Article

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