How will the distribution and size of subalpine abies georgei forest respond to climate change? a study in Northwest Yunnan, China

Physical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 319-335

  Wong, Michelle ^a   Duan, Chang Qun ^a   Long, Yong Cheng ^b   Luo, Yongmei ^b   Xie, Guo Qing ^c  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c Yunnan Climate Center   (China)

Author keywords

Age structure; alpine treeline; Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reserve; dendrochronology; forest size; species range; tree rings

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RANGE SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TREELINE;

BAIMA SNOW MOUNTAIN; CHINA; YUNNAN;

ABIES; ABIES GEORGEI;

EID: 77957604802     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.31.4.319     Document Type: Article

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