Changes in the composition, structure, and altitudinal distribution of low forests at the upper limit of their growth in the Northern Ural Mountains

Russian Journal of Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 367-372

  Kapralov, D S ^a   Shiyatov, S G ^b   Moiseev, P A ^b   Fomin, V V ^a  

^a URAL STATE FOREST ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Climate warming and increasing humidity; Geographic information system; Stand composition and structure; The Northern Urals; Upper low forest boundary

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOREST; GROWTH RESPONSE; HUMIDITY; POPULATION DENSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE;

EURASIA; URALS;

ABIES; ABIES SIBIRICA; BETULA TORTUOSA; LARIX; LARIX SIBIRICA; PICEA; PICEA OBOVATA; PINUS SIBIRICA;

EID: 33750436960     PISSN: 10674136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1067413606060014     Document Type: Article

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