Response and dendroclimatic implications of δ13C in tree rings to increasing drought on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Liu, Xiaohong ^b   Shao, Xuemei ^c   Wang, Lily ^c   Liang, Eryuan ^a   Qin, Dahe ^b   Ren, Jiawen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREE RING; WARMING;

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

PICEA; PICEA CRASSIFOLIA;

EID: 69549135482     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000610     Document Type: Article

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