No slope exposure effect on alpine treeline position in the Three Parallel Rivers Region, SW China

Alpine Botany

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 87-95

  Wang, Wenli ^a   Körner, Christian ^b   Zhang, Zhiming ^a   Wu, Ruidong ^a   Geng, Yupeng ^a   Shi, Wen ^a   Ou, Xiaokun ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Forest limit; Growing season; Hengduan mountains; Monsoon climate

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLOUD COVER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GROWING SEASON; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MONSOON; MOUNTAIN; SLOPE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREELINE; WARMING;

CHINA; HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS; YUNNAN;

EID: 84885627911     PISSN: 16642201     EISSN: 1664221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-013-0118-3     Document Type: Article

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