Specific features of Siberian spruce (Picea obovata) growth at the upper limit of its distribution in the Iremel' mountain range, Southern Urals

Russian Journal of Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-67

  Babenko, T S ^a   Nagimov, Z Ya ^a   Moiseev, P A ^b  

^a URAL STATE FOREST ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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

Author keywords

Age related dynamics of volume; Picea obovata; Southern Urals; Subgoltsy belt

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; URALS;

PICEA; PICEA OBOVATA;

EID: 38649089812     PISSN: 10674136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/s1067413608010104     Document Type: Article

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