Tree-ring growth patterns of Masson pine (Pinus massoniana L.) during the recent decades in the acidification Pearl River Delta of China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 3534-3540

  Kuang, Yuan Wen ^a   Sun, Fang Fang ^a,b   Wen, Da Zhi ^a   Zhou, Guo Yi ^a   Zhao, Ping ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Masson pine (Pinus massoniana L.); Pearl River Delta; Tree ring analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS;

MASSON PINE (PINUS MASSONIANA L.); TREE RING ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RESPONSE; TREE RING;

AIR POLLUTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RINGS; PINUS MASSONIANA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

PINUS MASSONIANA;

EID: 43049108402     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.036     Document Type: Article

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