Analysis of the niche space of picea crassifolia on the Northern Slope of Qilian Mountains

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-121

  Zhao, Chuanyan ^a   Bie, Qiang ^a   Peng, Huanhua ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Niche; Picea crassifolia forest; Qilian mountains; The niche space for climate; The niche space for topography

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GIS; HABITAT RESTORATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SLOPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES INVENTORY;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

PICEA CRASSIFOLIA;

EID: 77953950623     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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