Response of regional tree-line forests to climate change: Evidence from the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1321-1329

  Fang, Keyan ^a,b   Gou, Xiaohua ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a   Peng, Jianfeng ^a   D'Arrigo, Rosanne ^b   Wright, William ^b   Li, Mai He ^c,d  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Age structure; Climate growth relationship; Global warming; Tree ring; Tree line dynamics; Tree line ecotone

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CLIMATE-GROWTH RELATIONSHIP; TREE RING; TREE-LINE DYNAMICS; TREE-LINE ECOTONE;

FREQUENCY BANDS; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; LANDFORMS;

FORESTRY;

AGE; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; RINGS; STRUCTURES; TREES;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 70449532137     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-009-0373-5     Document Type: Article

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