The study aims for the exploration of dendroclimatological history from Himalayan fir (Abies pindrow Royle ex D. Don) growing in the mid elevation zone of Pakistan. Temperature and precipitation are the main limiting factors for tree growth in the region, of which precipitation dominates as the...

Tree ring investigations at the high altitude mountains of the Karakoram-Himalaya, northern Pakistan have received limited attention concerning the climate-tree growth relationship studies. To test the climate-growth relationship, we developed four tree-ring width (TRW) standard chronologies...

Climate change has influenced the glaciers and water resources in the Hindukush-Karakorum-Himalaya region. The relatively short instrumental record of northern Pakistan makes long-term climate change assessments difficult. In this paper, tree-ring width chronologies were developed from two stands...

Socioeconomic influences of tourism on four conifer tree species i.e. Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jackson, Pinus roxburghii Sarg, Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) G. Donf and Abies pindrow (Royle ex D. Don) Royle of Murree and its associated Galyat of Himalayan ranges were studied through dendrochronological...

Picea smithiana and Juniperus excelsa are two tree species growing in Gilgit valleys are used to explore growth climate and growth river flow response. About 100 wood samples in the form of cores from three sites were collected. Picea smithiana from Bagrot and Haramosh (only chronologies published) ...

Tree-rings are an important tool for the investigation of paleoclimatic records for regions or periods of time with no instrumental climatic data. However, the responses of different species and sites to various climatic parameters are unusual. In the present study, we developed tree-ring-width...

Standardized ring-width chronologies of Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jackson and Pinus gerardiana Wall. ex Lamb., are presented, covering maximum period from AD 1300-2000 and 1400-2000 AD respectively. These chronologies are based on highly correlated (0.636) and crossmatchable wood samples. Response...

Abies pindrow was used for Dendroclimatic investigation from Ayubia, moist temperate and from Astore, dry temperate area of Himalayan region of Pakistan. Trees of this species not only cross-matched in a particular site but despite belonging to two different climatic zones good cross-dating was...

This study was conducted to describe the age and growth rate structure of Picea smithiana from Istak valley of Central Karakoram National Park Gilgit-Baltistan. Thirty two cores were sampled from 16 trees. The mean age of Picea smithiana trees was 222 years while highest age was recorded 434 years. ...

This paper examines the survivorship patterns of trees and seedlings of four conifer species including Pinus wallichiana, P. roxburghii, Abies pindrow and Cedrus deodara in the forests of Murree hills. The construction of life tables and key-factor analysis allows us to examine the demographic...