Changes in the upper limits of tree species distribution in the Western Caucasus (Belaya River basin) related to recent climate warming

Russian Journal of Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-38

  Akatov, P V ^a  

^a MAIKOP STATE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Age; Climate change; Stem diameter; Tree species; Tree vitality; Upper timberline; Western Caucasus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; MONTANE FOREST; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREELINE; WARMING;

BELAYA BASIN; CAUCASUS; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ABIES; ABIES NORDMANNIANA; ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; BETULA LITWINOWII; FAGUS; ULMUS; ULMUS GLABRA;

EID: 58149458894     PISSN: 10674136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1067413609010056     Document Type: Article

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