Difference in tree growth responses to climate at the upper treeline: Qilian juniper in the Anyemaqen mountains

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 982-990

  Peng, Jianfeng ^a,b   Gou, Xiaohua ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a   Li, Jinbao ^c   Liu, Puxing ^d   Zhang, Yong ^a   Fang, Keyan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate growth correlations; Dendrochronology; Qilian juniper; Treeline

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRELATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREELINE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JUNIPERUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TREE;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; JUNIPERUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; TIBET; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

JUNIPERUS; SABINA PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 48749105035     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2008.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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