Radial growth of qilian juniper on the northeast tibetan plateau and potential climate associations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Qin, Chun ^a   Yang, Bao ^a   Melvin, Thomas M ^b   Fan, Zexin ^c   Zhao, Yan ^d   Briffa, Keith R ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CHINA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JUNIPERUS; TREE;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; JUNIPERUS; TIBET; TREES;

EID: 84893680503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079362     Document Type: Article

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