Tree-line dynamics in relation to climate variability in the Shennongjia Mountains, central China

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1848-1858

  Dang, Haishan ^a   Zhang, Kerong ^a   Zhang, Yanjun ^a   Tan, Shuduan ^a   Jiang, Mingxi ^a   Zhang, Quanfa ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE WARMING; CRITICAL INFORMATION; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; RADIAL GROWTH; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPRING TEMPERATURES; SUB-ALPINE FIR; TREE DENSITY; TREE LINE; TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES;

CLIMATOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; LANDFORMS;

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; STAND DYNAMICS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TREELINE;

ABIES; CHINA; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; GROWTH; METEOROLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; SHENNONGJIA MOUNTAINS;

ABIES; ABIES FARGESII; ABIES LASIOCARPA;

EID: 70350148256     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-106     Document Type: Article

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