Variation of maximum tree height and annual shoot growth of smith fir at various elevations in the Sygera Mountains, southeastern tibetan Plateau

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Yafeng ^a,d   Čufar, Katarina ^b   Eckstein, Dieter ^c   Liang, Eryuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CONIFER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOREST; MAXIMUM TREE HEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; SHOOT GROWTH; SMITH FIR; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ABIES; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TREE;

ABIES; ABIES GEORGEI; CONIFERALES;

ABIES; ALTITUDE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIBET; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 84863275887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031725     Document Type: Article

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