Northward-shift of temperature zones in China's eco-geographical study under future climate scenario

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 643-651

  Wu, Shaohong ^a,b   Zheng, Du ^a   Yin, Yunhe ^a   Lin, Erda ^c   Xu, Yinlong ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Eco geographical study; Shift; Temperature zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955205847     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-010-0801-x     Document Type: Article

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