Climate-growth analysis of Qilian juniper across an altitudinal gradient in the central Qilian Mountains, northwest China

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 379-388

  Gao, Linlin ^a   Gou, Xiaohua ^a   Deng, Yang ^a   Liu, Wenhuo ^a   Yang, Meixue ^b   Zhao, Zhiqian ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Climate growth relationship; Dendrochronology; Qilian juniper; Qilian Mountains

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDFORMS;

CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; CLIMATE-GROWTH RELATIONSHIP; CORRELATION PATTERNS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FIRST PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; QILIAN JUNIPER; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CHINA; FORESTRY; JUNIPERUS; METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAINS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 84875054906     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0776-6     Document Type: Article

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