Forest-tundra ecotone response to climate change in the Western Sayan Mountains, Siberia

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 224-233

  Kharuk, Vyacheslav I ^a   Im, Sergey T ^a   Dvinskaya, Maria L ^a  

^a SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alpine forest line; Climate induced tree response; Forest tundra ecotone; Landsat; Siberian pine; Vegetation spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE TRENDS; CROWN CLOSURES; FOREST STAND; FOREST-TUNDRA ECOTONE; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; KRUMMHOLZ; LANDSAT; MULTI-TEMPORAL; PINE VEGETATION; SHIFT-AND; SIBERIA; SLOPE STEEPNESS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE LIMITS; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; TREE GROWTH; UPPER BOUNDARY;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; LANDFORMS; REFORESTATION; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATES; DATA PROCESSING; GROWTH; MOUNTAINS; PINUS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SATELLITES; TREES;

ABIES; PINUS SIBIRICA;

EID: 77953514821     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581003766959     Document Type: Article

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