Spatiotemporal variability of soil temperature and moisture across two contrasting timberline ecotones in the Sergyemla Mountains, Southeast Tibet

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-238

  Liu, Xinsheng ^a,b   Luo, Tianxiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOTONE; EVERGREEN FOREST; GROWING SEASON; LEAF AREA INDEX; MOISTURE CONTENT; SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREELINE; WARMING;

CHINA; SERGYEMLA MOUNTAINS; XIZANG;

ABIES; ABIES GEORGEI; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS SALTUARIA;

EID: 79953009611     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.2.229     Document Type: Article

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