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Tree-ring based drought reconstruction in the central Hengduan Mountains region (China) since A.D. 1655

  1. Ze-Xin Fan1,2,
  2. Achim Bräuning2,*,
  3. Kun-Fang Cao1

Article first published online: 29 FEB 2008

DOI: 10.1002/joc.1689

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International Journal of Climatology

International Journal of Climatology

Volume 28, Issue 14, pages 1879–1887, 30 November 2008

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Fan, Z.-X., Bräuning, A. and Cao, K.-F. (2008), Tree-ring based drought reconstruction in the central Hengduan Mountains region (China) since A.D. 1655. Int. J. Climatol., 28: 1879–1887. doi: 10.1002/joc.1689

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  1. 1

    Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences 88 Xuefu Road, Kunming 650223, China

  2. 2

    Institute of Geography, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Kochstrasse 4/4, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany

*Institute of Geography, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Kochstrasse 4/4, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 OCT 2008
  2. Article first published online: 29 FEB 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 5 JAN 2008
  4. Manuscript Revised: 6 DEC 2007
  5. Manuscript Received: 5 JUN 2007

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  • National Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant Number: 90302013
  • Max–Planck–Gesellschaft

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