Gradational forest change along the climatically dry valley slopes of Bhutan in the midst of humid eastern Himalaya

Plant Ecology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-128

  Wangda, Pema ^a   Ohsawa, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altitude; Climatic influence; Diversity; Humid slopes; Structural traits

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; SLOPE; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE; VALLEY;

ASIA; BHUTAN; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33747075119     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9116-5     Document Type: Article

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