Growth, demography and carbon relations of Polylepis trees at the world's highest treeline

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 941-951

  Hoch, G ^a   Korner C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Andes; Carbohydrates; Forest limit; High elevation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CARBON; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SAPLING; SEEDLING; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREELINE; TROPICAL FOREST;

BOLIVIA; NEVADO SAJAMA; ORURO [BOLIVIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

POLYLEPIS; POLYLEPIS TARAPACANA;

EID: 33845539091     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.01040.x     Document Type: Review

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