Winter drought variations based on tree-ring data in Gaoligong Mountain, Northwestern Yunnan, China, A. D. 1795-2004

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2469-2478

  Li, Zongshan ^a,b   Shi, Chunming ^a,c   Liu, Yongbo ^a   Zhang, Jinlong ^a   Zhang, Qibing ^a   Ma, Keping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES GEORGEI; TSUGA; TSUGA DUMOSA;

EID: 84879219247     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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