Variation of radial growth patterns in trees along three altitudinal transects in north central China

IAWA Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 443-457

  Fang, Keyan ^a   Gou, Xiaohua ^a   Levia, Delphis F ^b   Li, Jinbao ^c   Zhang, Fen ^a   Liu, Xiuju ^a   He, Maosheng ^d   Zhang, Yong ^a   Peng, Jianfeng ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Climate growth relationship; Frequency dependent variation; North central China; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649132936     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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