Warm season tree growth and precipitation over Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 14, 2002, Pages

  Therrell, Matthew D ^a   Stahle, David W ^a   Cleaveland, Malcolm K ^a   Villanueva Diaz, Jose ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Drought; Latewood; Mexico; Monsoon; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448958013     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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