End of season carbon supply status of woody species near the treeline in western China

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 370-377

  Shi, Peili ^a   Körner, Christian ^b   Hoch, Günter ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Growth limitation; Non structural carbohydrates; Treeline ecotone

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES FAXONIANA; QUERCUS AQUIFOLIOIDES; RHODODENDRON; SORBUS;

EID: 33744782882     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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