Observation and modeling of plant biomass of meadow steppe in Tumugi, Xingan League, Inner Mongolia, China

Vegetatio

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-201

  Xiao, Xiangming ^a,c   Chen, Du ^a   Peng, Yumei ^b   Cui, Xianyi ^b   Ojima, Dennis S ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b Tumugi Institute of Grasslands   (China)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem model; Grasslands; Primary production; Rain use efficiency; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; MEADOW STEPPE; PRECIPITATION; STEPPE; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHINA, NEI MONGOL, XINGAN LEAGUE, TUMUGI;

ANEUROLEPIDIUM CHINENSE; FILOFOLIUM SIBIRICUM; LEYMUS CHINENSE; POACEAE; STIPA BAICALENSIS;

EID: 0030472307     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00044640     Document Type: Article

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