Preliminary dendrochronological studies on Populus euphratica in the lower reaches of the Heihe River basin in northwest China

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 242-249

  Peng, Xiaomei ^a,b   Xiao, Shengchun ^a   Xiao, Honglang ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ring width variation pattern; Stem radial growth; Tree ring structure

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STEM; TREE RING;

CHINA; EJINA OASIS; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

POPULUS; POPULUS EUPHRATICA;

EID: 84883456855     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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