Data-based modelling and environmental sensitivity of vegetation in China

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5817-5830

  Wang, H ^a   Prentice, I C ^a,b   Ni, J ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CALIBRATION; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; NICHE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84883687752     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-5817-2013     Document Type: Article

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