Increased Summer Temperatures Reduce the Growth and Regeneration of Larix sibirica in Southern Boreal Forests of Eastern Kazakhstan

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1536-1549

  Dulamsuren, Choimaa ^a   Wommelsdorf, Tobias ^a   Zhao, Fengjun ^a,b   Xue, Yaoqin ^a,c   Zhumadilov, Bulat Z ^d   Leuschner, Christoph ^a   Hauck, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d S TORAIGHYROV PAVLODAR STATE UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

atmospheric saturation deficit; boreal forest; climate warming; dendrochronology; forest regeneration; tree ring analysis

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DESICCATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GERMINATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE; REGENERATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; TIMBER HARVESTING; TREE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WARMING;

KAZAKHSTAN;

LARIX; LARIX SIBIRICA;

EID: 84888008480     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9700-1     Document Type: Article

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