Tree growth-climate relationships of Juniperus tibetica along an altitudinal gradient on the southern Tibetan Plateau

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 429-439

  He, Minhui ^a   Yang, Bao ^a,b   Bräuning, Achim ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Growth climate relationships; Semi humid region; Tree ring series

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

AVERAGE GROWTH RATE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; HUMID REGIONS; MOISTURE VARIABILITY; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TREE RINGS; UPPER TREE LIMITS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CORRELATION; FORESTRY; JUNIPERUS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; TIBET;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS TIBETICA;

EID: 84875054829     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0813-5     Document Type: Article

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