How can Populus euphratica cope with extremely dry growth conditions at 2,800 m a.s.l. on the northern Tibetan Plateau?

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 447-453

  Liang, Eryuan ^a   Ren, Ping ^a,d   Zhang, Shengbang ^b   Shao, Xuemei ^a   Eckstein, Dieter ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Qinghai Forestry Department   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Climate growth relationships; Desert; Highest distribution; Northern Tibetan Plateau; Populus euphratica; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; FLOW OF WATER; RIVERS;

CLIMATE/GROWTH RELATIONSHIPS; DESERT; HIGHEST DISTRIBUTION; NORTHERN TIBETAN PLATEAUX; POPULUS EUPHRATICA; TREE RINGS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATES; DESERTS; FORESTRY; PHASE TRANSITION; POPULUS EUPHRATICA; RINGS; TIBET;

POPULUS; POPULUS EUPHRATICA;

EID: 84875050084     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0823-3     Document Type: Article

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