Interdecadal changes of vegetation transition zones and their responses to climate in Northeast China

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 179-188

  Du, Haibo ^a   Wu, Zhengfang ^a   Li, Ming ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; HUMIDITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSITION ZONE;

CHINA;

EID: 80054111445     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0432-x     Document Type: Article

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