Dynamics and Drivers of the Alpine Timberline on Gongga Mountain of Tibetan Plateau-Adopted from the Otsu Method on Google Earth Engine

The alpine timberline, an ecosystem ecotone, indicates climatic change and is tending to shift toward higher altitudes because of an increase in global warming. However, spatiotemporal variations of the alpine timberline are not consistent on a global scale. The abundant and highest alpine timberlin...

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Main Authors: Wen He, Chongchong Ye, Jian Sun, Junnan Xiong, Jinniu Wang, Tiancai Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/16/2651