Critical minimum temperature limits xylogenesis and maintains treelines on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Science Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 804-812

  Li, Xiaoxia ^a   Liang, Eryuan ^a,b   Gričar, Jozica ^c   Rossi, Sergio ^d,e   Čufar, Katarina ^f   Ellison, Aaron M ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^c SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^e SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambial activity; Critical minimum temperature; Timberline; Vaganov Shashkin model; Xylem

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CAMBIAL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; ECOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; PROCESS-BASED MODELLING; TIMBERLINE; XYLEM;

FORESTRY;

EID: 85020409157     PISSN: 20959273     EISSN: 20959281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2017.04.025     Document Type: Article

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