Phenological variation in height growth and needle unfolding of Smith fir along an altitudinal gradient on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 401-407

  Wang, Yafeng ^a,d   Li, Xiaoxia ^a,d   Dawadi, Binod ^a,c,d   Eckstein, Dieter ^b   Liang, Eryuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulated temperature sum; Altitudinal gradient; Height growth; Leaf unfolding; Phenology; Smith fir; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; FORESTRY;

ACCUMULATED TEMPERATURES; HEIGHT GROWTH; LEAF UNFOLDING; PHENOLOGY; SMITH FIR; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

NEEDLES;

ABIES; BIOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROWTH; NEEDLES; PHENOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIBET;

ABIES; ABIES GEORGEI;

EID: 84875050117     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0793-5     Document Type: Article

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