Anomalous temperature-growth response of Abies faxoniana to sustained freezing stress along elevational gradients in China's Western Sichuan Province

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1373-1388

  Li, Zong Shan ^a   Liu, Guo Hua ^a   Fu, Bo Jie ^a   Hu, Chan Juan ^a   Luo, Shu Zheng ^a   Liu, Xing Liang ^b   He, Fei ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Institute of Ecology   (China)

Author keywords

Abies faxoniana; Dendroclimatology; Elevation gradient; Tree ring; Western Sichuan

Indexed keywords

ABIES FAXONIANA; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; ELEVATION GRADIENT; TREE RINGS; WESTERN SICHUAN;

CLIMATOLOGY; SUN;

FORESTRY;

ABIES FAXONIANA; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; SUN LIGHT;

ABIES; ABIES FAXONIANA;

EID: 84864366915     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0712-9     Document Type: Article

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