Effect of alpine Treeline conditions on the response of the stem radial variation of Picea meyeri Rebd. Et Wils to environmental factors

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 729-739

  Dong, Manyu ^a   Jiang, Yuan ^a   Zhang, Wentao ^a   Yang, Yangang ^b   Yang, Haochun ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Dendrometer; Growth climate relationship; Picea meyeri; Stem radial growth; Treeline

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STEM; TRANSPIRATION; TREELINE;

CHINA; LUYA MOUNTAINS; SHANXI;

PICEA; PICEA MEYERI;

EID: 84864410169     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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