Terrestrial transect study on driving mechanism of vegetation changes

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 984-991

  Zhang, YuJin ^a,b   Zhou, GuangSheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Driving mechanism; Plant functional types; Terrestrial transect; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MECHANISMS;

CLIMATIC CHANGE; CLIMATIC DATA; CLIMATIC SCENARIOS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; DRIVING MECHANISM; EASTERN CHINA; FUTURE CLIMATE; HEAT FACTORS; NORTHEAST CHINA TRANSECT (NECT); PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPES; VEGETATION CHANGES; VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION MODEL; VEGETATION TYPES;

VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 47249126270     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0065-9     Document Type: Article

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