Fifty years of change in the lower tree line in an arid coniferous forest in the Qilian Mountains, northwestern China.

Tree line areas exhibited significant changes in response to climate change, including upward migration. Lower tree line dynamics are rarely studied, but as unique features in arid and semi-arid areas, they may influence forest distribution. Here, eight lower tree line plots in a Picea crassifolia K...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Shu Fang, Zhibin He, Minmin Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0292682&type=printable