Global warming-related tree growth decline and mortality on the north-eastern Tibetan plateau

Climatic Change

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 163-176

  Liang, Eryuan ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^b   Dulamsuren, Choimaa ^b   Wagner, Bettina ^b   Hauck, Markus ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDFORMS;

EARLY WARNING SIGNS; EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU; HIGH ELEVATION; MOUNTAIN FORESTS; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TREE MORTALITY; TREE-RING SAMPLES;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT STRESS; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HUMIDITY; MONTANE FOREST; MORTALITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; TREE RING;

CHINA; GOBI DESERT; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

PICEA CRASSIFOLIA;

EID: 84951569674     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1531-y     Document Type: Article

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