High altitude forest sensitivity to the recent warming: A tree-ring analysis of conifers from Western Himalaya, India

Quaternary International

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 158-166

  Borgaonkar, H P ^a   Sikder, A B ^a   Ram, Somaru ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDE; CHRONOLOGY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; COOLING; LITTLE ICE AGE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SNOWMELT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREE RING; WARMING; WINTER;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

CEDRUS DEODARA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA SMITHIANA;

EID: 79953676019     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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