Rapid tree growth with respect to the last 400 years in response to climate warming, northeastern Tibetan Plateau

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1497-1503

  Gou, Xiaohua ^a,b   Chen, Fahu ^a   Jacoby, Gordon ^b   Cook, Edward ^b   Yang, Meixue ^c   Peng, Jianfeng ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Climate warming; Juniperus przewalskii tree ring; Minimum temperature; Northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FORESTRY; STATISTICS;

CHRONOLOGY; TREE GROWTH; TREE-RING;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CHRONOLOGY; CONIFEROUS TREE; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEADWATER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; TREE RING;

GROWTH RINGS; METEOROLOGY; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YELLOW RIVER;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 34447558891     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1480     Document Type: Article

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