Climate-induced changes in the vegetation pattern of China in the 21st century

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 912-919

  Yu, Li ^a,b   Cao, Mingkui ^a   Li, Kerang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

21st century; China; Climate change; Vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOTONE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YUNNAN-GUIZHOU PLATEAU;

EID: 33751057792     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0042-8     Document Type: Article

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