Climatic influence on radial growth of Pinus wallichiana in Ziro Valley, Northeast Himalaya

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 697-702

  Shah, Santosh K ^a   Bhattacharyya, Amalava ^a   Chaudhary, Vandana ^b  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Blue Pine; Climatic influence; Radial growth; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

PINUS WALLICHIANA;

EID: 70349124500     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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