Chronology development and climate response analysis of Schrenk spruce (Picea schrenkiana) tree-ring parameters in the Urumqi River Basin, China

Geochronometria

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-22

  Chen, Feng ^a   Yuan, Yujiang ^a   Wei, Wenshou ^a   Yu, Shulong ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Zhang, Ruibo ^a   Zhang, Tongwen ^a   Shang, Huaming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

dendroclimatology; Picea schrenkiana; tree ring density; tree ring width

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649659205     PISSN: 17338387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10003-010-0014-4     Document Type: Article

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