Climate control on tree growth at the upper and lower treelines: a case study in the qilian mountains, tibetan plateau.

It is generally hypothesized that tree growth at the upper treeline is normally controlled by temperature while that at the lower treeline is precipitation limited. However, uniform patterns of inter-annual ring-width variations along altitudinal gradients are also observed in some situations. How c...

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Main Authors: Bao Yang, Minhui He, Thomas M Melvin, Yan Zhao, Keith R Briffa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3708892?pdf=render