Has an extending growing season any effect on the radial growth of Smith fir at the timberline on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau?

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 441-446

  Liu, Bo ^a,d   Li, Yan ^b   Eckstein, Dieter ^c   Zhu, Liping ^a   Dawadi, Binod ^a,d,e   Liang, Eryuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Abies georgei var. smithii; Climate change; Growing season; Southeastern Tibetan Plateau; Timberline; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ABIES GEORGEI VAR. SMITHII; GROWING SEASON; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TIMBERLINE; TREE RINGS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ABIES; FORESTRY; RINGS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIBET;

ABIES; ABIES GEORGEI;

EID: 84875054502     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0819-z     Document Type: Article

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