Spatial distribution and temporal dynamics of high-elevation forest stands in southern Siberia

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 822-830

  Kharuk, Vyacheslav I ^a   Ranson, Kenneth J ^b   Im, Sergey T ^a   Vdovin, Alexander S ^c  

^a SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SIBERIAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alpine ecotone; Climate change; Landscape ecology; Mountain forests; Siberia; Topographic analysis; Tree line

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOREST DYNAMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MONTANE FOREST; MORPHOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREELINE;

SIBERIA;

LARIX; PINUS SIBIRICA;

EID: 77953500952     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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