Dendroclimatic analysis of Betula ermanii forests at their upper limit of distribution in Changbai Mountain, Northeast China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 240, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 105-113

  Yu, Dapao ^a   Wang, Geoff G ^b   Dai, Limin ^a   Wang, Qingli ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Changbai Mountain; Climatic change; Dendrochronology; Erman's birch; Tree line

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH KINETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ERMAN'S BIRCH; TREE LINES;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; GROWTH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOIL WATER; TREELINE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CLIMATES; FORESTS; GROWTH RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JILIN;

BETULA ERMANII;

EID: 33846897756     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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