Common tree growth anomalies over the northeastern Tibetan Plateau during the last six centuries: Implications for regional moisture change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2096-2107

  Li, Jinbao ^a,b   Cook, Edward R ^a   D'Arrigo, Rosanne ^a   Chen, Fahu ^b   Gou, Xiaohua ^b   Peng, Jianfeng ^b   Huang, Jianguo ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Climate change; Dendrochronology; Moisture change; Tibetan Plateau; Tree growth anomalies

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TREE; TREE RING;

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

JUNIPERUS; SABINA PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 48849103113     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01603.x     Document Type: Article

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