Larch timberline and its development in North China

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 359-367

  Liu, Hongyan ^a   Tang, Zhiyao ^a   Dai, Junhu ^a   Tang, Yuanxin ^a   Cui, Haiting ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine timberline; China; Larix; Palaeovegetational reconstruction; Temperate broadleaved forest zone; Vegetation climate relationship

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; TREELINE;

(NORTH); CHINA;

ABIES; ABIES FARGESII; LARIX; LARIX CHINENSIS; LARIX GMELINII; LARIX PRINCIPISRUPPRECHTII; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0036875130     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2002)022[0359:LTAIDI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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