Analyses of climatic changes around Perambikulum, South India, based on early wood mean vessel area of teak

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1159-1164

  Bhattacharyya, Amalava ^a   Eckstein, Dieter ^b   Shah, Santosh K ^a   Chaudhary, Vandana ^c  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Early wood; Mean vessel area; Teak

Indexed keywords

TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 36148942451     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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