The dendroclimatic potential of conifers from northern Pakistan

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-88

  Ahmed, Moinuddin ^a   Palmer, Jonathan ^b   Khan, Nasrullah ^a   Wahab, Muhammad ^a   Fenwick, Pavla ^b   Esper, Jan ^c   Cook, Ed ^d  

^a FEDERAL URDU UNIVERSITY OF ARTS   (Pakistan)

^b Gondwana Tree Ring Laboratory   (New Zealand)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Himalayan conifers; Monthly climate correlations; Northern Pakistan

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; PALEOCLIMATE; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSPIRATION; TREE RING;

HIMALAYAS; PAKISTAN;

CARANGIDAE; CEDRUS; CEDRUS DEODARA; CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS EXCELSA; PICEA; PICEA SMITHIANA; PINUS GERARDIANA; PINUS WALLICHIANA;

EID: 79951573112     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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