The potential impact of CO2 and air temperature increases on krummholz transformation into arborescent form in the southern siberian mountains

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 593-600

  Kharuk, V ^a   Dvinskaya, M ^a   Im, S ^a   Ranson, K ^b  

^a SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORRELATION; DECADAL VARIATION; ECOTONE; GROWTH RATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREELINE; TUNDRA;

SIBERIA;

LARIX; LARIX SIBIRICA; PINUS SIBIRICA;

EID: 84555219827     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.4.593     Document Type: Article

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