Climate warming-induced upward shift of Moso bamboo population on Tianmu Mountain, China

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 363-369

  Song, Xin zhang ^a   Peng, Chang hui ^b,c   Zhou, Guo mo ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a   Wang, Wei feng ^b   Xiang, Wen hua ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Global warming; Moso bamboo; Upward shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878332961     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-013-2565-0     Document Type: Article

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