Tree ring imprints of long-term changes in climate in western Himalaya, India

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 699-707

  Yadav, R R ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

India; Precipitation; Temperature; Tree rings; Western Himalaya

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LITTLE ICE AGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TREE RING;

CEDRUS; CEDRUS DEODARA; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; INDIA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS POLYCARPOS; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PINUS GERARDIANA; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; SPECIES; TEMPERATURE; TREE; WEATHER; WOOD;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CEDRUS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEUTERIUM; HISTORY, ANCIENT; INDIA; JUNIPERUS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PINUS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

HIMALAYAS;

CEDRUS DEODARA; CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS POLYCARPOS; PINUS GERARDIANA;

EID: 72949084442     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-009-0058-7     Document Type: Review

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