Formation mechanisms of the alpine Erman's birch (Betula ermanii) treeline on Changbai Mountain in Northeast China

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 935-947

  Yu, Dapao ^a   Wang, Qingwei ^b   Liu, Jiaqing ^a   Zhou, Wangming ^a   Qi, Lin ^a   Wang, Xiaoyu ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Dai, Limin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elevation; Low temperature; Non structural carbohydrates (NSC); Source sink balance; Treeline

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; LANDFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TEMPERATURE;

ELEVATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES; SOURCE-SINK BALANCES; TREELINE;

FORESTRY;

CARBOHYDRATES; FORESTRY; PLANTS; TEMPERATURE;

BETULA ERMANII; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84900844960     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-014-1008-z     Document Type: Article

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