Species richness - Primary productivity relationship of plants and small mammals in the Inner Mongolian steppes, China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 477-484

  Wang, Guiming ^a   Zhou, Qingqiang ^a   Zhong, Wenqin ^a   Sun, Chonglu ^a   Chen, Zuozhong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Inner Mongolian steppe; Plants; Productivity species richness relationship; Small mammals; Unimodal pattern

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 0035159643     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2001.0814     Document Type: Article

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