Forest productivity of the Altay and Tianshan Mountains in the dryland, northwestern China

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 13-22

  Ni, Jian ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Boreal conifer forest; Carbon cycle; Dryland; Forest management; High mountains; Net primary productivity; Northwestern China

Indexed keywords

CONIFER FORESTS; FOREST INVENTORY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INVENTORY CONTROL; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION; ELEVATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

BIOMASS; CHINA; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL; MOUNTAINS;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; PICEA;

EID: 6344287460     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.06.033     Document Type: Article

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