Climatic potential of δ18O of Abies spectabilis from the Nepal Himalaya

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-98

  Sano, Masaki ^a,b,c   Sheshshayee, M S ^b   Managave, S ^a   Ramesh, R ^a   Sukumar, R ^c   Sweda, Tatsuo ^d  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ENSO; Isotope dendroclimatology; Monsoon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRELATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREE RING; TREELINE;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

ABIES; ABIES SPECTABILIS;

EID: 77950594243     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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