Articles | Volume 18, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-2567-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-2567-2022
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05 Dec 2022
Research article |  | 05 Dec 2022

Ring-width and blue-light chronologies of Podocarpus lawrencei from southeastern mainland Australia reveal a regional climate signal

Jacinda A. O'Connor, Benjamin J. Henley, Matthew T. Brookhouse, and Kathryn J. Allen

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