Dynamic relationships between Picea crassifolia growth and climate at upper treeline in the Qilian Mts., Northeast Tibetan Plateau, China

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 185-199

  Zhang, Yongxiang ^a   Shao, Xuemei ^b   Wilmking, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Drought stress; Instable climate growth relationships; Northeast Tibet Plateau; Picea crassifolia; Recent warming; Response divergence

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRELATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH RATE; SAMPLING; SIGNAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREELINE;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

PICEA; PICEA CRASSIFOLIA;

EID: 80053255208     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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