Relationships between Sabina przewalskii radial growth and climatic factors at upper timber-lines in eastern mountainous region of Qaidam Basin

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 507-512

  Zheng, Yong Hong ^a,b,c   Zhu, Hai Feng ^a   Zhang, Yong Xiang ^a,b   Shao, Xue Mei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climatic factor; Eastern mountainous region of Qaidam Basin; Sabina przewalskii; The upper timberline; Tree ring width

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREE RING;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CUPRESSACEAE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

CHINA; CLIMATE; CUPRESSACEAE; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT STEMS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

SABINA PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 65549164352     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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