Dendroclimatic response of Picea crassifolia along an altitudinal gradient in the eastern qilian mountains, northwest China

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 491-499

  Gao, LinLin ^a   Gou, XiaoHua ^a   Deng, Yang ^a   Yang, MeiXue ^b   Zhao, ZhiQian ^a   Cao, ZongYing ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; GROWTH RATE; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE RING; TREELINE;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84888872823     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-45.4.491     Document Type: Article

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