Is the growth of birch at the upper timberline in the Himalayas limited by moisture or by temperature?

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2453-2465

  Liang, Eryuan ^a   Dawadi, Binod ^a,b,c   Pederson, Neil ^d   Eckstein, Dieter ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine timberline; Betula utilis; Central Himalayas; Climate sensitivity; Dendroecology; Drought; Missing ring; Nepal; Pre monsoon season; Precipitation; Tree ring width; Warming

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROECOLOGY; DROUGHT; GROWTH RATE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREELINE;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

BETULA UTILIS;

EID: 84907198224     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1904.1     Document Type: Article

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