Uniform growth trends among central Asian low- and high-elevation juniper tree sites

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-150

  Esper, Jan ^a   Frank, David C ^a   Wilson, Robert J S ^b   Büntgen, Ulf ^a   Treydte, Kerstin ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth variations; Karakorum; Tien Shan; Timberline; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; GROWTH KINETICS; SOLAR RADIATION;

COMPOSITE CHRONOLOGY; GROWTH VARIATIONS; TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTIONS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATES; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; SUN LIGHT;

JUNIPERUS;

EID: 33847317941     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-006-0104-0     Document Type: Article

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