Effect of prevailing monsoons on the distribution of beeches in continental East Asia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2197-2203

  Guo, Ke ^a   Werger, Marinus J A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Drought stress; Fagus; Leaf flush; Precipitation regime

Indexed keywords

BEECH TREES; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREES; DISTRIBUTION AREA; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; DROUGHT STRESS; EAST ASIA; LOWER LIMITS; MONSOON CONDITIONS; NORTHERN LATITUDES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DROUGHT; LANDFORMS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LEAF; MONSOON; MONTANE FOREST; PHENOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; DROUGHT; FAGUS; FORESTRY; PLANTS; PRECIPITATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHINA; EUROPE; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA;

FAGUS;

EID: 77950864202     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.11.034     Document Type: Article

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