Modelling tree height to assess climatic conditions at tree lines in the Bolivian Andes

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 207, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 223-233

  Kessler, Michael ^a   Böhner, Jürgen ^b   Kluge, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Andes; Polylepis; Solar radiation; Temperature; Timberline; Tree lines

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH KINETICS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TIMBER; WATER SUPPLY;

POLYLEPIS TREES; TIMBERLINE; TREE LINES;

FORESTRY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FORESTRY MODELING; GROWTH; HEIGHT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; TREELINE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ECOLOGY; FORESTS;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

POLYLEPIS;

EID: 34548387569     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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