Temporal variation in aboveground biomass of Leymus chinense steppe from species to community levels in the Xilin River Basin, Inner Mongolia, China

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Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Xiangming, Xiao ^a   Shu, Jiang ^b   Yifeng, Wang ^b   Ojima, D S ^a   Bonham, C D ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Aboveground net primary production; Rain use efficiency; Temporal variability; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PRECIPITATION; STEPPE; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA, INNER MONGOLIA, XILIN RIVER BASIN;

LEYMUS CHINENSE;

EID: 0029750545     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00044884     Document Type: Article

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