Gender-related climate response of radial growth in dioecious Fraxinus mandshurica trees

Tree-Ring Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-112

  Gao, Lushuang ^a   Zhang, Chunyu ^a   Zhao, Xiuhai ^a   Gadow, Klaus V ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Dioecy; Fraxinus mandshurica; Tree ring widths

Indexed keywords

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA;

EID: 77952970444     PISSN: 15361098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3959/2009-5.1     Document Type: Article

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