Light rings in Chinese pine (Pinus tabulaeformis) in semiarid areas of north China and their palaeo-climatological potential

New Phytologist

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 783-791

  Liang, Eryuan ^a   Eckstein, Dieter ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Light ring; North China; Palaeo climatology; Pinus tabulaeformis; Semiarid area; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; TREE RING;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; TIME;

CHINA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; LIGHT; PINUS; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS TABULIFORMIS;

EID: 33746808507     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01775.x     Document Type: Article

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