Treelines of the Japanese Alps - Altitudinal distribution and species composition under contrasting winter climates

Flora

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-156

  Gansert, Dirk ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birch; Hypoxia; Nonstructural carbohydrates; Oxygen; Snow; Treeline

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; OXYGEN; TREELINE; WINTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

BETULA; BETULA ERMANII;

EID: 1942440905     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0367-2530-00143     Document Type: Article

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