The effect of climate on radial growth of Quercus liaotungensis forest trees in Loess Plateau, China

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-36

  Du, Sheng ^a,b   Yamanaka, Norikazu ^b   Yamamoto, Fukuju ^a   Otsuki, Kyoichi ^c   Wang, Shengqi ^d   Hou, Qingchun ^e  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Climate; Dendroecology; Loess Plateau; Quercus liaotungensis; Radial growth; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; TREE RING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

QUERCUS WUTAISHANICA;

EID: 34247103604     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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