Climatic factors affecting the tree-ring width of Betula ermanii at the timberline on Mount Norikura, central Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 445-451

  Takahashi, Koichi ^a,b   Tokumitsu, Yohei ^a   Yasue, Koh ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Betula ermanii; Climatic conditions; Dendrochronology; Timberline; Tree ring width chronology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; INSOLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE; TREE RING; TREELINE;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MOUNT NORIKURA;

BETULA ERMANII;

EID: 33746390985     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0060-y     Document Type: Article

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