Microclimatic conditions for Juniperus saltuaria treeline in the Sygera Mountains, Southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-53

  Liu, Bo ^a,b   Liang, Eryuan ^a   Zhu, Liping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Juniperus saltuaria; microclimate; southeastern Tibetan Plateau; Sygera Mountains; treeline

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWING SEASON; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROCLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TREELINE; WEATHER STATION; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS SALTUARIA; SABINA SALTUARIA;

EID: 79953021167     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00096.1     Document Type: Article

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