Fluctuation of Picea timber-line and paleo-environment on the northern slope of Tianshan Mountains during the late Holocene

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1747-1756

  Zhang, Yun ^a   Kong, Zhaochen ^a   Yan, Shun ^b   Yang, Zhenjing ^a,c   Ni, Jian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Holocene; Northern slope of Tianshan Mountains; Picea; Timberline

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA SCHRENKIANA;

EID: 33748931647     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-2029-9     Document Type: Article

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