Mass elevation effect and its forcing on timberline altitude

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 609-616

  Han, Fang ^a   Yao, Yonghui ^b   Dai, Shibao ^a   Wang, Chun ^a   Sun, Ranhao ^c   Xu, Juan ^d   Zhang, Baiping ^b  

^a CHUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

altitudinal belts; Eurasia; mass elevation effect; mountain base elevation; quantification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862191410     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-012-0950-1     Document Type: Article

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