Climatic significance of the stable carbon isotope composition of tree-ring cellulose: Comparison of Chinese hemlock (Tsuga chinensis Pritz) and alpine pine (Pinus densata Mast) in a temperate-moist region of China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1076-1085

  Liu, XiaoHong ^a,b   Shao, XueMei ^b,c   Wang, LiLi ^b   Zhao, LiangJu ^a   Wu, Pu ^b   Chen, Tuo ^a   Qin, DaHe ^a   Ren, JiaWen ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine pine; Chinese hemlock; Climatic significance; Inter specific 13C variability; Temperate moist region

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION; ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; MOISTURE STRESS; PINUS DENSATA;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MOISTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWOODS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CARBON; GROWTH RINGS; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; PINUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TSUGA CHINENSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

PINUS DENSATA; TSUGA CHINENSIS;

EID: 34447342566     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0043-7     Document Type: Article

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