Climate change, alpine tree line dynamics and associated terminology: Focus on northwestern Indian Himalaya

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 371-374

  Negi, P S ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Alpine treeline; Biosphere reserves; Chorabari dokriani glacier; Climate marker; Timberline; Treeline dynamics; Treeline terminology; Treeline global warming

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOINDICATOR; BIOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MODEL VALIDATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURE RESERVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TREELINE; UNESCO;

DOKRIANI GLACIER; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84862534133     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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