Spatio-temporal growth variability of three Pinus species of Northeast Himalaya with relation to climate

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 266-278

  Shah, Santosh K ^a   Bhattacharyya, Amalava ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Climate; Growth variability; Northeast Himalaya; Ordination methods; Pinus; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORDINATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

PINUS KESIYA; PINUS MERKUSII; PINUS WALLICHIANA;

EID: 84867896067     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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