Forest Structure, Stand Composition, and Climate-Growth Response in Montane Forests of Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Schwartz, Mark W ^a   Dolanc, Christopher R ^a,b   Gao, Hui ^c   Strauss, Sharon Y ^a   Schwartz, Ari C ^d   Williams, John N ^a   Tang, Ya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FALLING; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST STRUCTURE; JUNIPERUS; LARIX; LOGGING; NONHUMAN; PINE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STRESS; PLANT STRUCTURES; POPULATION SIZE; PRECIPITATION; SAPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPRUCE; SUMMER; WOOD;

EID: 84881261576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071559     Document Type: Article

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