Treeline dynamics in relation to climatic variability in the central Tianshan Mountains, northwestern China

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 406-415

  Wang, Ting ^a   Zhang, Qi Bin ^a   Ma, Keping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Age structure; Climatic fluctuation; Picea schrenkiana; Radial growth; Tree rings; Treeline dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; TREE RING; TREELINE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 33745600554     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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