Distributions of dominant tree species on the Tibetan Plateau under current and future climate scenarios

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 166-173

  Song, Minghua ^a   Zhou, Caiping ^a   Hua, Ouyang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic model; China; Dominant tree species; Future climate scenario; Tibetan Plateau; Tree distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

ABIES; BETULA; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA; BETULA UTILIS; LARIX; LARIX GRIFFITHIANA; PICEA; PINUS DENSATA; QUERCUS;

EID: 3042855025     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2004)024[0166:DODTSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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