On the vulnerability of oasis forest to changing environmental conditions: Perspectives from tree rings

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-353

  Zhang, Qi Bin ^a   Li, Zongshan ^a   Liu, Puxing ^b   Xiao, Shengchun ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Ecohydrology; Habitat heterogeneity; Heihe River; Multi directional change; Spatial habitat; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECISION MAKING; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; OASIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TREE RING; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; EJINA OASIS; GANSU; HEI RIVER;

POPULUS;

EID: 84856483405     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9685-0     Document Type: Article

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