Spatial pattern of Abies and Picea surface pollen distribution along the elevation gradient in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and Xinjiang, China

Boreas

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 254-262

  Lu, Luhou ^a   Wu, Naiqin ^a   Wang, Luo ^a   Li, Quan ^a   Xu, Deke ^a   Yang, Xiangdong ^a   Shen, Caiming ^b,c   Zhu, Liping ^a   Tong, Guobang ^d   Sun, Xiangjun ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^e TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; DOMINANCE; PALYNOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ABIES; PICEA;

EID: 62849098554     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2007.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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