Climatic control of primary forest structure and DBH-height allometry in Northeast China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 264-274

  Wang, Xiangping ^a   Fang, Jingyun ^a   Tang, Zhiyao ^a   Zhu, Biao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomass; Climate; Forest structure; Northeast China; Primary forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY;

ALLOMETRY; DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT (DBH); FOREST STRUCTURE; HEAT GRADIENT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; SAMPLING;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; HEAT; METEOROLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33748922466     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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