Variations of Picea crassifolia tree-ring cell structure and their implications to past climate in eastern margin of Qaidam Basin, Northwest China

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 524-532

  Li, Yan ^a,c   Liang, Er Yuan ^b   Shao, Xue Mei ^a,b  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristics indices of cell; Picea crassifolia; Qaidam Basin; Tree ring climate relationship

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRELATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; TREE RING; TREELINE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CYTOLOGY; ECOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PLANT STEM; SEASON; SPRUCE; TIME; WEATHER;

CHINA; ECOLOGY; PICEA; PLANT STEMS; RAIN; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

PICEA; PICEA CRASSIFOLIA;

EID: 43749087382     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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